Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Alternative combination: Orthambonites bellus
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Sivorthis according to V. Jaanusson and M. G. Bassett 1993
See also Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Sivorthis ardmillanensis, Sivorthis calatravaensis, Sivorthis eucharis, Sivorthis filistera, Sivorthis friendsvillensis, Sivorthis minus, Sivorthis minutus, Sivorthis multicostellatus, Sivorthis noctilio, Sivorthis occidentalis, Sivorthis precordillerana, Sivorthis tenuicostatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 1.2 miles S. 310 E. of Sharon Springs (Ordovician of Virginia)
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