Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Alternative combination: Ornithella farquharsoni
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 Microthyridina according to H. M. Muir-Wood 1935
See also Abbate et al. 1974
Sister taxa: Ornithella (Delmontanella), Ornithella blumbergensis, Ornithella boxensis, Ornithella curticensis, Ornithella digonoides, Ornithella douvillei, Ornithella expolita, Ornithella gemina, Ornithella jomdaensis, Ornithella longa, Ornithella moeschi, Ornithella pseudolagenalis, Ornithella sichuanensis, Ornithella skidegatensis, Ornithella syringothyrides
Type specimen: Its type locality is Deberaweina, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in Somalia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Somalia (2 collections), Yemen (5)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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