Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Alternative combinations: Orthis sola, Rhipidomella sola
Full reference: E. Billings. 1866. Catalogues of the Silurian fossils of the Island of Anticosti, with descriptions of some new genera and species 1-93
Belongs to Mendacella according to J. Jin and R. Zhan 2008
See also Billings 1866 and Twenhofel 1928
Sister taxa: Mendacella aerinensis, Mendacella bleikeriensis, Mendacella borrbyensis, Mendacella circularis, Mendacella lata, Mendacella megacircularis, Mendacella mullockiensis, Mendacella phiala, Mendacella uberis, Mendacella udauberis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Battery Point, east of the Salmon River, which is in a Richmondian carbonate mudstone/lime mudstone in the Vaureal Formation of Canada
Distribution: found only at Battery Point, east of the Salmon River
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