Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
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 Rafinesquina according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Rafinesquina (Playfairia), Rafinesquina (Rafinesquina), Rafinesquina alternata, Rafinesquina declivis, Rafinesquina delicata, Rafinesquina deltoidea, Rafinesquina gibbosa, Rafinesquina jeffersonensis, Rafinesquina latisculptilis, Rafinesquina lignani, Rafinesquina mesicosta, Rafinesquina mucronata, Rafinesquina nasuta, Rafinesquina percensis, Rafinesquina planulata, Rafinesquina ponderosa, Rafinesquina pseudoloricata, Rafinesquina relicua, Rafinesquina stropheodontoides, Rafinesquina trentonensis, Rafinesquina ultrix, Rafinesquina urbicola
Type specimen: BB. 15156, a valve (Internal mould of pedicle valve). Its type locality is 500 yards south-south-east of Glendrissaig Farm, which is in a Burrellian offshore mudstone in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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