Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Alternative combinations: Orthis verneuili, Orthisina verneuili
Belongs to Vellamo according to J. Jin and R. Zhan 2008
See also Alikhova 1953, Brett et al. 1999, Opik 1934 and Tinn 1998
Sister taxa: Vellamo aenigma, Vellamo ambisulcata, Vellamo anijana, Vellamo defecta, Vellamo diconvexa, Vellamo diversa, Vellamo emarginata, Vellamo grayiae, Vellamo leigeri, Vellamo magna, Vellamo mitra, Vellamo oandoensis, Vellamo parva, Vellamo phrygia, Vellamo praeemarginata, Vellamo putukuneiensis, Vellamo pyramidalis, Vellamo sauramoi, Vellamo shallockiense, Vellamo silurica, Vellamo simplex, Vellamo sinclairi, Vellamo sulcata, Vellamo sulculata, Vellamo summa, Vellamo symmetrica, Vellamo trentonensis, Vellamo typylica, Vellamo verneuilii, Vellamo wesenbergiensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Belarus (1 collection), Estonia (10), Lithuania (2), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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