Microsphaeridiorhynchus hercostomaticum Jin et al. 1993 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae

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 Microsphaeridiorhynchus according to J. Jin et al. 1993

Sister taxa: Microsphaeridiorhynchus litchfieldensis, Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula

Type specimen: Its type locality is GSC 80488, 79893 and 78697, Harricana River, which is in a Telychian shallow subtidal limestone in the Ekwan River Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GSC 80488, 79893 and 78697, Harricana River

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