Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Full reference: A. Williams. 1962. The Barr and lower Ardmillan series (Caradoc) of the Girvan District, south-west Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir - Geological Society of London 3:1-267
Belongs to Christiania according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Christiania aseptata, Christiania bilobata, Christiania dalarnensis, Christiania egregia, Christiania elongata, Christiania hastata, Christiania hollii, Christiania holtedahli, Christiania huanghuaensis, Christiania magna, Christiania nilssoni, Christiania perrugata, Christiania portlocki, Christiania proclivis, Christiania skolia, Christiania subquadrata, Christiania tenuicincta, Christiania trentonensis
Type specimen: BB.26078, a shell (complete shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of China (1 collection), Kazakhstan (8), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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