Onegia vitrea Andreev 1993 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae

Full reference: D. A. Andreev. 1993. New Ordovician plectambonitacean brachiopods from Tuva and Leningrad Oblast. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1993:50-55

Belongs to Onegia according to E. Egerquist 1999

See also Andreev 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lake Onega, which is in a Volkhov carbonate limestone in the Volkhov Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lake Onega

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