Skenidioides costatus Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae

Belongs to Skenidioides according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014

See also Cooper 1956, Harper and Owen 1984 and Williams 1963

Sister taxa: Skenidioides acutum, Skenidioides anthonense, Skenidioides asteroideus, Skenidioides billingsi, Skenidioides craigensis, Skenidioides elongatus, Skenidioides greenhoughi, Skenidioides hymiri, Skenidioides kayseri, Skenidioides lewisii, Skenidioides multifarius, Skenidioides oklahomensis, Skenidioides operosa, Skenidioides paucicostatus, Skenidioides petrasi, Skenidioides pyramidalis, Skenidioides robertsensis, Skenidioides scoliodus, Skenidioides woodlandiensis

Type specimen: USNM 117072f, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Ireland (4 collections), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (11)

• Llandeilo of the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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