Sericoidea abdita Whittington and Williams 1955 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae

Alternative combination: Chonetoidea abdita

Full reference: H. B. Whittington and A. B. Williams. 1955. The fauna of the Derfel Limestone of the Arenig District, North Wales. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 238(658):397-429

Belongs to Sericoidea according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014

See also Candela 2011, Cocks 2010, Parkes 1994, Whittington and Williams 1955 and Williams 1962

Sister taxa: Sericoidea craigensis, Sericoidea minor, Sericoidea minuta, Sericoidea restricta, Sericoidea sejuncta

Subtaxa: Chonetoidea abdita abdita Chonetoidea abdita complicata

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Type specimen: SM A40988, a valve (ventral valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Ireland (3 collections), the United Kingdom (17)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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