Atrypella borealis Kirk and Amsden 1952 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae

Full reference: E. Kirk and T. W. Amsden. 1952. Upper Silurian brachiopods from southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 233-C:53-55

Belongs to Atrypella according to E. Kirk and T. W. Amsden 1952

Sister taxa: Atrypoidea (Lissatrypella), Atrypoidea australis, Atrypoidea linguata, Atrypoidea praelingulata, Atrypoidea prunum, Atrypella tenuis, Atrypella scheii

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (8: Northwest Territories collections), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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