Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
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 Mendacella according to J. Jin and R. Zhan 2008
Sister taxa: Mendacella aerinensis, Mendacella bleikeriensis, Mendacella borrbyensis, Mendacella circularis, Mendacella lata, Mendacella mullockiensis, Mendacella phiala, Mendacella sola, Mendacella uberis, Mendacella udauberis
Type specimen: Its type locality is A1364. Main road, Lousy Cove Area, which is in a Hirnantian carbonate lime mudstone/lime mudstone in the Ellis Bay Formation of Canada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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