Cariniferella iowensis Stainbrook 1945 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Full reference: M. A. Stainbrook. 1945. Brachiopoda of the Independence Shale of Iowa. Geological Society of America Memoirs 14:1-68

Belongs to Cariniferella according to G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982

See also Stainbrook 1945

Sister taxa: Cariniferella alleni, Cariniferella costellata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (5: Iowa collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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