Camenella reticulosa Bengtson et al. 1990 (lamp shell)

Brachiopoda - Mitrosagophora - Tommotiidae

Full reference: S. Bengtson, S. Conway Morris, B. J. Cooper, P. A. Jell, and B. N. Runnegar. 1990. Early Cambrian fossils from South Australia. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 9:1-364

Belongs to Camenella according to S. Bengtson et al. 1990

See also Skovsted et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Camenella admiranda, Camenella baltica, Camenella garbowskae, Camenella korolevi, Camenella kozlowskii, Camenella parilobata

Type specimen: Its type locality is 6429RS106, L1761, L1856 - Horse Gully, which is in a Botomian carbonate packstone in the Parara Limestone Formation of Australia

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (6 collections), Canada (2: Nova Scotia)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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