Onniella tricapitata Jin and Zhan 2008 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Full reference: J. Jin and R. Zhan. 2008. Late Ordovician Orthide and Billingsellide Brachiopods from Anticosti Island, Eastern Canada: Diversity Change Through Mass Extinction. National Research Council of Canada Monograph Series

Belongs to Onniella according to J. Jin and R. Zhan 2008

Sister taxa: Onniella acuta, Onniella argentea, Onniella bancrofti, Onniella broeggeri, Onniella flava, Onniella jonesi, Onniella kalvoya, Onniella longa, Onniella navis, Onniella ostentata, Onniella pashkevichiusi, Onniella perplexa, Onniella plicata, Onniella rava, Onniella sturensis, Onniella trigona, Onniella tyersensis, Onniella yichangensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is A0004. Laloutre Road., which is in a Richmondian carbonate lime mudstone in the Vaureal Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (30: Quebec collections)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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