Digonella boylani Feldman et al. 2001 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Full reference: H. R. Feldman, E. F. Owen, and F. Hirsch. 2001. Brachiopods from the Jurassic (Callovian) of Hamakhtesh Hagadol (Kurnub Anticline), southern Israel. Palaeontology 44(4):637-658

Belongs to Digonella according to H. R. Feldman et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Digonella divionensis, Digonella moeschi

Type specimen: NHM 1036. Its type locality is Subunit 48, Matmor Formation, Hamakhtesh Hagadol, Israel, which is in a Callovian deep subtidal shelf limestone in the Matmor Formation of Israel.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Subunit 48, Matmor Formation, Hamakhtesh Hagadol, Israel

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