Becscia scissura Copper 1995 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae

Full reference: P. Copper. 1995. Five new genera of Late Ordovician - Early Silurian brachiopods from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada. Journal of Paleontology 69(5):846-861

Belongs to Becscia according to P. Copper 1995

Sister taxon: Becscia carletona

Type specimen: Gs79483

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at A0144 (Silurian of Quebec)

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