Ornithella longa Seifert 1963 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Full reference: I. Seifert. 1963. Die Brachiopoden des oberen Dogger der Schwäbischen Alb [Brachiopods from the Upper Dogger of the Swabian Alb]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 121:156-203

Belongs to Ornithella according to I. Seifert 1963

Sister taxa: Ornithella (Delmontanella), Ornithella blumbergensis, Ornithella boxensis, Ornithella curticensis, Ornithella digonoides, Ornithella douvillei, Ornithella expolita, Ornithella gemina, Ornithella jomdaensis, Ornithella moeschi, Ornithella pseudolagenalis, Ornithella sichuanensis, Ornithella skidegatensis, Ornithella syringothyrides, Microthyridina farquharsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zollhaus Blumberg, which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in the Aspidoides Bank Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Zollhaus Blumberg

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