Obolellina Billings 1871 (lamp shell)

Craniata - Trimerellida - Trimerellidae

Full reference: E. Billings. 1871. On some new species of Palaeozoic fossils. Canadian Naturalist 6:213-233, 240

Parent taxon: Trimerellidae according to G. A. Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Costitrimerella, Dinobolus, Eodinobolus, Fengzuella, Gasconsia, Gyroselenella, Monomerella, Ovidiella, Palaeotrimerella, Paradinobolus, Peritrimerella, Rhynobolus, Sinotrimerella, Trimerella, Yidurella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Stinchar River tributary, Craigneil farm, Colmonell, Girvan District (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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