Apatorthis Opik 1933 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Angusticardiniidae

Full reference: A. Opik. 1933. Über einige Dalmanellacea aus Estland. Tartu Ülikooli Geoloogia-Instituudi Toimetused, Publications of the Geological Institution of the University of Tartu 32:1-34

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

See also Alikhova 1953, Opik 1933 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Angusticardinia

Subtaxa: Apatorthis inflata Apatorthis jugata Apatorthis punctata Apatorthis tenuicosta Apatorthis tenuicostata Apatorthis ultima

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Type: Apatorthis punctata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Estonia (11 collections), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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