Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
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 Glyptomena according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Glyptomena brumalis, Glyptomena distans, Glyptomena karasuensis, Glyptomena kaskolica, Glyptomena onerosa, Glyptomena prisca, Glyptomena rugulosa, Glyptomena sculpturata
Type specimen: BB.15216, a shell (complete shell). Its type locality is South-east side of quarry, ½ mile north-east of Brockloch Farm, which is in a Llandeilo carbonate mudstone/limestone in the Stinchar Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Llandeilo of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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