Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Alternative combination: Calyptolepta rarum
Full reference: R. B. Neuman. 1976. Early Ordovician (Late Arenig) brachiopods from Virgin Arm, New World Island, Newfoundland. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 261:11-61
Belongs to Anechophragma according to A. A. Madison 2013
See also Neuman 1976 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Anechophragma alexandrae, Ujukella fastigata
Type specimen: GSC 35077, a valve (dorsal valve). Its type locality is Virgin Arm, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone in the Cobbs Arm Formation of Canada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Volkhov of the Russian Federation (8 collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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