Recilites subcrispatus Reed 1909

Hyolitha - Hyolithida - Pauxillitidae

Alternative combination: Hyolithes subcrispatus

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1909. Lower Palaeozoic Hyolithidae from Girvan. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 47:203-222

Belongs to Recilites according to J. M. Malinky 2003

See also Reed 1909

Sister taxon: Recilites sylvestris

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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