Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Plectorthis according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Cooper 1956 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Orthis (Plectorthis) atava, Orthis (Plectorthis) christianiae, Orthis (Plectorthis) daunus, Orthis (Plectorthis) desmopleura, Orthis (Plectorthis) diablo, Orthis (Plectorthis) doris, Orthis (Plectorthis) hastingsensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) iddingsi, Orthis (Plectorthis) johannensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) kayseri, Orthis (Plectorthis) linnarssoni, Orthis (Plectorthis) newtonensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) pagoda, Orthis (Plectorthis) papias, Orthis (Plectorthis) retroflexa, Orthis (Plectorthis) saltensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) tullbergi, Plectorthis altaicus, Plectorthis burultasica, Plectorthis cliefdenensis, Plectorthis exfoliata, Plectorthis licta, Plectorthis magna, Plectorthis mazourkaensis, Plectorthis obesa, Plectorthis patula, Plectorthis perditosulcata, Plectorthis plicatella, Plectorthis ponderosa, Plectorthis punctata, Plectorthis scotica
Type specimen: USNM 117019a, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at South-east side of quarry, ½ mile north-east of Brockloch Farm (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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