Austinella multicostella Alberstadt 1973 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae

Full reference: L. P. Alberstadt. 1973. Articulate brachiopods of the Viola Formation (Ordovician) in the Arbuckle Mountains, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 117:1-90

Belongs to Austinella according to C. D. Sproat and J. Jin 2013

See also Alberstadt 1973

Sister taxa: Austinella kankakensis, Austinella sarybulakensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (6: Oklahoma collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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