Nisusia cloudi Shaw 1957 (lamp shell)

Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Nisusiidae

Full reference: A. B. Shaw. 1957. Paleontology of Northwestern Vermont. VI. The early Middle Cambrian fauna. Journal of Paleontology 31(4):785-792

Belongs to Nisusia according to A. B. Shaw 1957

Sister taxa: Nisusia alberta, Nisusia ancauchensis, Nisusia borealis, Nisusia festinata, Nisusia fulleri, Nisusia howelli, Nisusia kotujensis, Nisusia minussensis, Nisusia multicostata, Nisusia nasuta, Nisusia pospelovi

Type specimen: UW-258n, a shell. Its type locality is SA-EC-1, which is in a Delamaran carbonate limestone/shale in the Parker Slate Formation of Vermont.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at SA-EC-1

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