Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Alternative combinations: Hindella crassa incipiens, Meristina crassa incipiens
Full reference: A. Williams. 1951. Llandovery brachiopods from Wales with special reference to the Llandovery District. Quarterly Journal of Geological Society, London 107:85-136
Belongs to Hindella according to L. R. M. Cocks 2014
See also Cocks and Price 1975, Rong and Li 1999, Sheehan 1977, Williams 1951, Williams and Wright 1981 and Wright 1968
Sister taxa: Hindella angustifrons, Hindella cassidea, Hindella crassa, Hindella kiaeri, Hindella prima, Hindella prinstana, Hindella umbonata, Cryptothyrella lacrima, Cryptothyrella ovoides, Cryptothyrella terebratulina
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of China (3 collections)
• Ordovician of China (9), Estonia (2), Ireland (1), Latvia (21), Lithuania (1), Sweden (10), the United Kingdom (12)
Total: 59 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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