Acrothele speciosa Resser 1938 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae

Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1938. Middle Cambrian fossils from Pend Oreille Lake, Idaho. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 97(3):1-12

Belongs to Acrothele according to C. E. Resser 1938

Sister taxa: Acrothele (Redlichella), Acrothele affinis, Acrothele artemis, Acrothele bellapunctata, Acrothele bellula, Acrothele bergeroni, Acrothele borgholmensis, Acrothele concava, Acrothele coriacea, Acrothele decipiens, Acrothele dichotoma, Acrothele levisensis, Acrothele minuta, Acrothele primaeva, Acrothele rarus, Acrothele sougyi, Acrothele spinulosa, Acrothele subsidua, Acrothele turneri, Acrothele woodworthi, Acrothele yorkensis, Dearbornia clarki

Type specimen: USNM 95023. Its type locality is Locality 37n (Pend Oreille Lake), which is in a Cambrian carbonate limestone/shale in the Lakeview Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 37n (Pend Oreille Lake)

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