Elivina occidentalis Schellwien 1900 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Alternative combination: Spirifer occidentalis

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 Elivina according to N. W. Archbold and S.T. Barkham 1989

See also Schellwien 1900

Sister taxa: Elivina bisnaini, Elivina chapursani, Elivina compacta, Elivina termieri, Elivina tibetana, Elivina tschernyschewi, Elivina yunnanensis

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 epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Teufelsschlucht bei Neumarktl

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