†Xanthea Copper 1996 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Full reference: P. Copper. 1996. New and revised genera of Wenlock-Ludlow atrypids (Silurian Brachiopoda) from Gotland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Journal of Paleontology 70(6):913-923
Parent taxon: Plectatrypinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Copper 1996 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Plectatrypa, Sypharatrypa
Subtaxa: Xanthea lamellosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lansa 1, 4025 meters west of Fårö Church (Silurian of Sweden)
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