Modestella jeletzkyi Sandy 1990 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Full reference: M. R. Sandy. 1990. A New Early Cretaceous Articulate Brachiopod from the Northwest Territories, Canda, and Its Paleobiogeographic Significance. Journal of Paleontology 64(3):367-372

Belongs to Modestella according to M. R. Sandy 1990

Sister taxa: Modestella geinitzi, Modestella modesta

Type specimen: GSC 95441. Its type locality is Prince Patrick Island (GSC locality C-133992), which is in an Albian carbonate grainstone in the Christopher Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Prince Patrick Island (GSC locality C-133992)

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