Taphrorthis aspera Williams 1962 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae

Full reference: A. Williams. 1962. The Barr and lower Ardmillan series (Caradoc) of the Girvan District, south-west Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir - Geological Society of London 3:1-267

Belongs to Taphrorthis according to A. Williams 1962

Sister taxa: Taphrorthis bellatrix, Taphrorthis emarginata, Taphrorthis guizhouensis, Taphrorthis immatura, Taphrorthis peculiaris

Type specimen: BB.15199, a shell (complete shell). Its type locality is South-east side of quarry, ½ mile north-east of Brockloch Farm, which is in a Llandeilo carbonate mudstone/limestone in the Stinchar Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at South-east side of quarry, ½ mile north-east of Brockloch Farm

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