Sphenorhynchia aviformis Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Prionorhynchiidae

Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Belongs to Sphenorhynchia according to S. S. Buckman 1917

Sister taxa: Sphenorhynchia angulata, Sphenorhynchia asymmetrica, Sphenorhynchia bugeysiaca, Sphenorhynchia ferryi, Sphenorhynchia glaronensis, Sphenorhynchia latereplanata, Sphenorhynchia matisconensis, Sphenorhynchia multicostata, Sphenorhynchia plicatella, Sphenorhynchia plicatelloides, Sphenorhynchia subplicata, Sphenorhynchia tatiensis, Sphenorhynchia theresiae, Sphenorhynchia varicostata, Sphenorhynchia zraigensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sherborne (Niortense) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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