Sortanella Nikitin and Popov 1996 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae

Full reference: I. F. Nikitin and L. E. Popov. 1996. Strophomenid and triplesiid brachiopods from an Upper Ordovician carbonate mound in central Kazakhstan. Alcheringa 20:1-20

Parent taxon: Leptestiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2007

See also Nikitin and Popov 1996

Sister taxa: Bekella, Bilobia, Isophragmatinae, Isopiiragmatinae, Leangella, Leptestia, Leptestiina, Rurambonites, Sampo

Subtaxa: Sortanella quinquecostata

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Type: Sortanella quinquecostata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Kazakhstan (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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