Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Alternative combination: Orthis (Dalmanella) federata
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 Dalmanella according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Reed 1917 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Dalmanella (Isorthis), Dalmanella (Wattsella), Dalmanella aluverensis, Dalmanella antisculpta, Dalmanella bassleri, Dalmanella cheesemani, Dalmanella cicatrica, Dalmanella costellata, Dalmanella cyclica, Dalmanella edgewoodensis, Dalmanella fertilis, Dalmanella frechi, Dalmanella horderleyensis, Dalmanella humalaensis, Dalmanella kotyrzhalica, Dalmanella manitoulinensis, Dalmanella modica, Dalmanella navis, Dalmanella parva, Dalmanella pectinoides, Dalmanella portranensis, Dalmanella rosensteinae, Dalmanella salopiensis, Dalmanella sculpta, Dalmanella sillimani, Dalmanella sillimani, Dalmanella sulcata, Dalmanella testudinaria, Dalmanella unguis, Dalmanella whittakeri
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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