Schellwienella marcidula Amsden 1958 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Pulsiidae

Full reference: T. W. Amsden. 1958. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Hunton Group in the Arbuckle Mountain Region. Part II - Haragan articulate brachiopods. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 78:1-144

Belongs to Schellwienella according to T. W. Amsden 1958

Sister taxa: Schellwienella alternata, Schellwienella burlingtonensis, Schellwienella chouteauensis, Schellwienella crenistria, Schellwienella crenulicostata, Schellwienella inaequalis, Schellwienella inflata, Schellwienella planumbona, Schellwienella radialis, Schellwienella regina, Schellwienella rotunda, Schellwienella scotica, Schellwienella senilis, Schellwienella umbonata

Type specimen: OU-994

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Edriocrinus-Pygmaeocrinus Association, Bois d'Arc (Silurian of Oklahoma)

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