Hesperorthis onniensis Whittard and Barker 1950 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae

Full reference: W. F. Whittard and G. H. Barker. 1950. The Upper Valentian brachiopod fauna of Shropshire, part 1: Inarticulata: Articulata, Protremata, Orthoidea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12th Series 3(31):553-590

Belongs to Hesperorthis according to W. F. Whittard and G. H. Barker 1950

Sister taxa: Hesperorthis antelopensis, Hesperorthis australis, Hesperorthis avalanchensis, Hesperorthis barbata, Hesperorthis benjaminensis, Hesperorthis biconvexa, Hesperorthis costalis, Hesperorthis craigensis, Hesperorthis davidsoni, Hesperorthis dubia, Hesperorthis gotlandica, Hesperorthis hillistensis, Hesperorthis ignicula, Hesperorthis latecostata, Hesperorthis laurentina, Hesperorthis leinsterensis, Hesperorthis longirostroides, Hesperorthis martinssoni, Hesperorthis matutina, Hesperorthis mucronata, Hesperorthis pyramidalis, Hesperorthis rae, Hesperorthis sulcata, Hesperorthis tricenaria

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shropshire, Purple Shale, which is in a Telychian marine shale/limestone in the Purple Shale Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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