Rowellella Wright 1963 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Full reference: A. D. Wright. 1963. The fauna of the Portrane Limestone 1. The inarticulate brachiopods. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 8(5):224-254

Parent taxon: Lingulellinae according to I. Puura and L. E. Holmer 1993

See also Holmer 1986, Holmer 1989 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Rowellella distincta Rowellella holenensis Rowellella lamellosa Rowellella margarita Rowellella minuta Rowellella multilamellata Rowellella parallela Rowellella rugosa

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Type: Rowellella minuta

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Australia (2 collections)

• Uhaku of Sweden (4)

• Volkhov of Estonia (2)

• Ordovician of Estonia (11), Iran (3), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (3), Sweden (12)

• Tremadoc of Iran (1), Poland (1)

Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence

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