Micrina ridicula Barskova 1988 (lamp shell)

Brachiopoda

Alternative combination: Mirabella ridicula

Full reference: M. I. Barskova. 1988. New Lower Cambrian mollusks from the Koluma Uplift. Paleontological Journal 22(1):98-104

Belongs to Micrina according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Barskova 1988 and de Bruijn et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Micrina etheridgei, Micrina pusilla, Micrina xiaofanensis

Type specimen: PIR 4246/8, Y-87/17b, a shell

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Y-87/17b, right bank, low reaches, 14 km upstream mouth Bol’Shaya Stolbovaya R. (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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