Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Alternative combinations: Orthambonites mazourkensis, Orthis mazourkensis
Full reference: F. B. Phleger, Jr. 1933. Notes on certain Ordovician faunas of the Inyo Mountains, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 32(1):1-21
Belongs to Plectorthis according to J. L. Greife and R. L. Langenheim 1963
See also Berry et al. 1979, Cooper 1956, Langenheim et al. 1956 and Phleger 1933
Sister taxa: Orthis (Plectorthis) atava, Orthis (Plectorthis) christianiae, Orthis (Plectorthis) daunus, Orthis (Plectorthis) desmopleura, Orthis (Plectorthis) diablo, Orthis (Plectorthis) doris, Orthis (Plectorthis) hastingsensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) iddingsi, Orthis (Plectorthis) johannensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) kayseri, Orthis (Plectorthis) linnarssoni, Orthis (Plectorthis) newtonensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) pagoda, Orthis (Plectorthis) papias, Orthis (Plectorthis) retroflexa, Orthis (Plectorthis) saltensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) tullbergi, Plectorthis altaicus, Plectorthis australis, Plectorthis burultasica, Plectorthis cliefdenensis, Plectorthis exfoliata, Plectorthis licta, Plectorthis magna, Plectorthis obesa, Plectorthis patula, Plectorthis perditosulcata, Plectorthis plicatella, Plectorthis ponderosa, Plectorthis punctata, Plectorthis scotica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mazourka Canyon, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Badger Flat Formation of California
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (5: California collections)
• Ordovician of United States (6: California)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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