Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Full reference: A. Williams. 1962. The Barr and lower Ardmillan series (Caradoc) of the Girvan District, south-west Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir - Geological Society of London 3:1-267
Belongs to Titanambonites according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Titanambonites amplus, Titanambonites medius
Type specimen: (BB. 15424, a valve (Internal and external mould of pedicle valve). Its type locality is 500 yards south-south-east of Glendrissaig Farm, which is in a Burrellian offshore mudstone in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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