Argyrotheca obourgensis Simon 2000 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Full reference: E. Simon. 2000. Upper Campanian brachiopods from the Mons Basin (Hainaut, Belgium): the brachiopod assemblage from the Belemnitella mucronata Zone. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 70:129-160

Belongs to Argyrotheca according to E. Simon 2000

Sister taxa: Argyrotheca aequicostata, Argyrotheca ageriana, Argyrotheca alavensis, Argyrotheca altavillensis, Argyrotheca andina, Argyrotheca angulata, Argyrotheca anomala, Argyrotheca arguta, Argyrotheca australis, Argyrotheca barrettiana, Argyrotheca batalleri, Argyrotheca beecheri, Argyrotheca bermudana, Argyrotheca bermudezi, Argyrotheca bitnerae, Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca cistellula, Argyrotheca clevei, Argyrotheca collardi, Argyrotheca coniuncta, Argyrotheca costulata, Argyrotheca crassa, Argyrotheca cuneata, Argyrotheca cyrtiniformis, Argyrotheca dalli, Argyrotheca grandicostata, Argyrotheca hewatti, Argyrotheca hirundo, Argyrotheca inconstans, Argyrotheca intercalata, Argyrotheca jacksoni, Argyrotheca johnsoni, Argyrotheca kupei, Argyrotheca lacunosa, Argyrotheca laevis, Argyrotheca londinensis, Argyrotheca lowei, Argyrotheca lunula, Argyrotheca lutea, Argyrotheca macneili, Argyrotheca magnicostata, Argyrotheca mayi, Argyrotheca megalocephala, Argyrotheca megapora, Argyrotheca michelottina, Argyrotheca microscopica, Argyrotheca peculiaris, Argyrotheca piperipyxis, Argyrotheca plana, Argyrotheca plicata, Argyrotheca popielae, Argyrotheca quadrata, Argyrotheca ramshehensis, Argyrotheca retrorsa, Argyrotheca rubrocostata, Argyrotheca rubrotincta, Argyrotheca sabandensis, Argyrotheca sabaratensis, Argyrotheca schrammi, Argyrotheca semicostata, Argyrotheca semicostata, Argyrotheca serrata, Argyrotheca somaliensis, Argyrotheca squamata, Argyrotheca stevensis, Argyrotheca subcordata, Argyrotheca sublamellosa, Argyrotheca thurmanni, Argyrotheca tokodensis, Argyrotheca woodwardiana, Argyrotheca zenobiae, Cistellarcula dubia, Cistellarcula wrigleyi

Type specimen: IRScNB IST n^010812. Its type locality is Craibel Quarry, Cuesmes (Craie d'Obourg), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Craie d'Obourg Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Craibel Quarry, Cuesmes (Craie d'Obourg)

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