Laticrura inconstans Reed 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Linoporellidae

Alternative combination: Hemipronites thomsoni inconstans

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 Laticrura according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014

See also Reed 1917 and Williams 1962

Sister taxa: Laticrura erecta, Laticrura heteropleura, Laticrura magna, Laticrura pionodema, Laticrura rostrata

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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