Hindella crassa Sowerby 1839 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae

Alternative combinations: Atrypa crassa, Cryptothyrella crassa, Meristella crassa, Meristina crassa

Belongs to Hindella according to P. Sheehan 1977

See also Angelin and Lindström 1880, Boucot et al. 1972, de Sowerby and Murchison 1839, Isaacson et al. 1976, Williams 1951 and Wright 1968

Sister taxa: Hindella angustifrons, Hindella cassidea, Hindella incipiens, Hindella kiaeri, Hindella prima, Hindella prinstana, Hindella umbonata, Cryptothyrella terebratulina, Cryptothyrella lacrima, Cryptothyrella ovoides

Subtaxa: Cryptothyrella crassa incipiens Hindella crassa incipens

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Argentina (3 collections), Canada (1: New Brunswick), China (1), Estonia (3), the United Kingdom (42), Venezuela (1)

• Ordovician of China (11), the Czech Republic (1), Myanmar (1), Paraguay (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 69 collections each including a single occurrence

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