Xanthea Copper 1996 (lamp shell)

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

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lansa 1, 4025 meters west of Fårö Church (Silurian of Sweden)

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