Volborthia Möller 1874 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Elkaniidae

Parent taxon: Elkaniidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Holmer 1993 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Broeggeria, Elkania, Elkanisca, Lamanskya, Monobolina, Plicarmus, Pseudodicellomus, Tilasia

Subtaxa: Volborthia recurva

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Type: Acrotreta recurva

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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