Heimia incurvirostrum Muir-Wood 1935 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

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 Heimia according to H. M. Muir-Wood 1935

Sister taxa: Heimia burtonensis, Heimia lowensis, Heimia protracta

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bihendula (Jurassic of Somalia)

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