Kjerulfina polycyma Bancroft 1929 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Belongs to Kjerulfina according to L. R. Cocks 2010

See also Mitchell 1977

Sister taxa: Kjerulfina broeggeri, Kjerulfina foliovalve, Kjerulfina limbata, Kjerulfina trigonalis

Type specimen: BB 9148, a valve (ventral valve internal mould)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Norway (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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