Daghanirhynchia farquharsoni Muir-Wood 1935 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Full reference: H. M. Muir-Wood. 1935. Jurassic Brachiopoda. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 75-147

Belongs to Daghanirhynchia according to H. M. Muir-Wood 1935

Sister taxa: Daghanirhynchia angulocostata, Daghanirhynchia daghaniensis, Daghanirhynchia hadramautensis, Daghanirhynchia jordanica, Daghanirhynchia kabeitensis, Daghanirhynchia macfadyeni, Daghanirhynchia rawyaensis, Daghanirhynchia subversabilis, Daghanirhynchia sulcata, Daghanirhynchia susanae, Daghanirhynchia triangulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ida Kabeita Hill, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ida Kabeita Hill

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