Ornithella gemina Crickmay 1933 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Full reference: C. H. Crickmay. 1933. Attempt to Zone the North American Jurassic on the Basis of its Brachiopods. Geological Society America Bulletin 44:871-894

Belongs to Ornithella according to C. H. Crickmay 1933

Sister taxa: Ornithella (Delmontanella), Ornithella blumbergensis, Ornithella boxensis, Ornithella curticensis, Ornithella digonoides, Ornithella douvillei, Ornithella expolita, Ornithella jomdaensis, Ornithella longa, Ornithella moeschi, Ornithella pentagonalis, Ornithella pseudolagenalis, Ornithella sichuanensis, Ornithella skidegatensis, Ornithella syringothyrides, Microthyridina farquharsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hinchman Ravine, Curtice Cliff, which is in a Callovian marine sandstone in the Hinchman Formation of California

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hinchman Ravine, Curtice Cliff

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