Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combination: Rafinesquina (Rafinesquina) orvikui
Full reference: A. L. Oraspold. 1956. New brachiopods from the Jõhvi, Keila and Vasalemma stages. Trudy Instituta geologii AN ESSR 1:41-67
Belongs to Hedstroemina according to L. R. M. Cocks and J.-Y. Rong 2007
See also Oraspold 1956, Popov et al. 2002 and Roomusoks 2004
Sister taxa: Hedstroemina fragilis, Hedstroemina mundae, Hedstroemina oanduensis, Hedstroemina reticulata, Hedstroemina ungula, Rafinesquina (Hedstroemina) holtedahli
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Belarus (1 collection), Estonia (6), Latvia (4), Lithuania (4)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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