Eoconulus transversus Wright 1963 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Eoconulidae

Full reference: A. D. Wright. 1963. The fauna of the Portrane Limestone 1. The inarticulate brachiopods. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 8(5):224-254

Belongs to Eoconulus according to A. D. Wright 1963

Sister taxa: Eoconulus antelopensis, Eoconulus clivosus, Eoconulus cryptomus, Eoconulus cryptomyus, Eoconulus dymiensis, Eoconulus dyminensis, Eoconulus rectangulatus, Eoconulus robustus, Eoconulus semiregularis, Eoconulus subquadratus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lime Kiln Bay, near Portrane (Ordovician of Ireland)

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