Rafinesquina ultrix Marek and Havlíček 1967 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Full reference: L. Marek and V. Havlíček. 1967. The articulate brachiopods of the Kosov Formation (upper Ashgillian). Vestník Ústredního ústavu geologického 42(4):275-284

Belongs to Rafinesquina according to L. Marek and V. Havlíček 1967

Sister taxa: Rafinesquina (Playfairia), Rafinesquina (Rafinesquina), Rafinesquina alternata, Rafinesquina declivis, Rafinesquina delicata, Rafinesquina deltoidea, Rafinesquina gibbosa, Rafinesquina insidiosa, Rafinesquina jeffersonensis, Rafinesquina latisculptilis, Rafinesquina lignani, Rafinesquina mesicosta, Rafinesquina mucronata, Rafinesquina nasuta, Rafinesquina percensis, Rafinesquina planulata, Rafinesquina ponderosa, Rafinesquina pseudoloricata, Rafinesquina relicua, Rafinesquina stropheodontoides, Rafinesquina trentonensis, Rafinesquina urbicola

Type specimen: Its type locality is Temporary outcrop just northwest of Běchovice, which is in a Hirnantian transition zone/lower shoreface shale in the Kosov Formation of the Czech Republic

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Temporary outcrop just northwest of Běchovice

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