Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1847. XXI. On the fossil botany and zoology of the rocks associated with the coal of Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20(133):226-236
Belongs to Orthis according to F. M'Coy 1847
Sister taxa: Orthis (Finkelnburgia), Orthis (Orusia), Orthis acuminata, Orthis australis, Orthis berthoisi, Orthis biforata, Orthis biloba, Orthis bilobata, Orthis callactis, Orthis christianae, Orthis cypha, Orthis davidsoni, Orthis expansa, Orthis intercostata, Orthis kreklingensis, Orthis laticostata, Orthis perveta, Orthis piger, Orthis reversa, Orthis ribeiroi, Orthis subalata, Orthis testudinaria, Orthis tulliensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dunvegan (W.B. Clarke coll), which is in an Asbian marine siliciclastic in the Flagstaff Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Dunvegan (W.B. Clarke coll)
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