Gypidula rudiplicativa Jin et al. 1993 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae

Full reference: J. Jin, W. G. E. Caldwell, and B. S. Norford. 1993. Early Silurian brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. Bulletin Geological Survey of Canada 457:1-221

Belongs to Gypidula according to J. Jin et al. 1993

Sister taxa: Gypidula (Gypidula), Gypidula abunda, Gypidula acuminata, Gypidula akimiskiformis, Gypidula biloba, Gypidula biplicata, Gypidula bowsheri, Gypidula cornuta, Gypidula galeata, Gypidula laeviuscula, Gypidula loweryi, Gypidula mimica, Gypidula multicostata, Gypidula praeloweryi, Gypidula pseudogaleata, Gypidula simplex, Gypidula stainbrooki, Gypidula subcarinata, Gypidula typicalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is DRS 88-2, Attawapiskat River, which is in a Telychian shallow subtidal limestone in the Attawapiskat Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at AK3b, Akimiski Island, Attawapiskat Fm

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