Hessenhausia (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae

Synonym: Rauffia Schulz 1914 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Bornhardtininae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Godefroid and Mottequin 2005 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bornhardtina, Pseudobornhardtina

Subtaxa: Hessenhausia pseudocaiqua

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Marenne quarry, north of the village of Marenne. Unit 3 (Devonian of Belgium)

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