Orthis davidsoni de Verneuil 1845 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae

Ugh: someone effed up this entry badly!

Full reference: E. de Verneuil. 1845. Paléontologie. Géologie de la Russie d'Europe et des Montagne de l'Oural, Paléontologie 2(3):1-512

Belongs to Orthis according to Wysogorski 1900

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, de Verneuil 1845, Jin et al. 1993 and Rubel 2011

Sister taxa: Orthis (Finkelnburgia), Orthis (Orusia), Orthis acuminata, Orthis australis, Orthis berthoisi, Orthis biforata, Orthis biloba, Orthis bilobata, Orthis callactis, Orthis christianae, Orthis cypha, Orthis expansa, Orthis gwalia, Orthis intercostata, Orthis kreklingensis, Orthis laticostata, Orthis perveta, Orthis piger, Orthis reversa, Orthis ribeiroi, Orthis spinigera, Orthis subalata, Orthis testudinaria, Orthis tulliensis

Type specimen: YPM 10419, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orthis davidsoni in the database

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