Orthotetes simensis Tschernyschew 1902 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae

Full reference: T. N. Tschernyschew. 1902. Verkhnekamennougol'nyya Brakhiopody Urala i Timana. Trudy Geologicheskago Komiteta 16(2):1-749

Belongs to Orthotetes according to T. N. Tschernyschew 1902

Sister taxa: Orthotetes abruptus, Orthotetes afanasjevae, Orthotetes bisulcatus, Orthotetes canadensis, Orthotetes guppyi, Orthotetes huagongensis, Orthotetes jugorica, Orthotetes kaskaskiensis, Orthotetes keokuk, Orthotetes kraffti, Orthotetes occidentalis, Orthotetes picta, Orthotetes plana, Orthotetes sulensis, Orthotetes trigonalis, Orthothetes crenistria

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orthotetes simensis in the database

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