†Spirifer (Ambocoelia) circinatus Schellwien 1900 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Full reference: E. Schellwien. 1900. Die Fauna der Trogkofelschichten in den Karnischen Alpen und den Karawanken I. Theil: die Brachiopoden. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 16:1-122
Belongs to Spirifer (Ambocoelia) according to E. Schellwien 1900
Sister taxa: Ambocoelia tuberculata, Ambocoelia umbonata, Ambocoelia urii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Teufelsschlucht bei Neumarktl, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Dolzanova Soteska Formation of Slovenia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Teufelsschlucht bei Neumarktl
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