Havlicekella Amsden 1985 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae

Full reference: T. W. Amsden. 1985. Brachiopods from the Turkey Creek Limestone (Early Devonian), Marshall County, southern Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 138:1-20

Parent taxon: Leiorhynchinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Caryorhynchus, Eliorhynchus, Eoparaphorhynchus, Eumetabolotoechia, Evanescirostrum, Hadrotatorhynchus, Hyborhynchella, Iloerhynchus, Ilopsyrhynchus, Katuniella, Leiorhynchus, Leptocaryorhynchus, Mononusphaericorhynchus, Orbiculatisinurostrum, Paurorhyncha, Properotundirostrum, Rossirhynchus, Ryocarhynchus, Stenoglossariorhynchus, Striatorhynchus, Tenuisinurostrum, Werneckeella, Ypsilorhynchus

Subtaxa: Havlicekella miticonvexa Havlicekella wilsoni

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Type: Havlicekella miticonvexa

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Section Ma2, Turkey Creek (Devonian of Oklahoma)

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