Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Alternative combination: Orthis (Dinorthis) flabellulum carrickensis
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 Dinorthis according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Reed 1917 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Dinorthis (Pionorthis), Dinorthis (Retrorsirostra), Dinorthis anticostiensis, Dinorthis atavoides, Dinorthis beiguoshanensis, Dinorthis berwynensis, Dinorthis carleyi, Dinorthis flabellulum, Dinorthis hadra, Dinorthis holdeni, Dinorthis holdenoides, Dinorthis interstriata, Dinorthis meedsi, Dinorthis occidentalis, Dinorthis pectinella, Dinorthis subplicatella, Dinorthis sweeneyi, Dinorthis taukensis, Dinorthis transversa, Dinorthis venusta, Orthis (Dinorthis) meedsi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Main quarries WNW of Craighead Farm, 3 miles from Girvan on Maybole Rd. (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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