Conotreta conoidea Reed 1917 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1917. The Ordovician and Silurian Brachiopoda of the Girvan District. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51(4):795-998

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

See also Reed 1917 and Williams 1962

Sister taxa: Conotreta andina, Conotreta apicalis, Conotreta chernovi, Conotreta convexa, Conotreta cuspidata, Conotreta davidsoni, Conotreta lepton, Conotreta mica, Conotreta millardensis, Conotreta orbicularis, Conotreta plana, Conotreta rusti, Conotreta siljanensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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