Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Full reference: J. C. de Sowerby and R. I. Murchison. 1839. The Silurian System. Part 2. Organic Remains. The Silurian System 2:579-768
Belongs to Orthis according to J. C. de Sowerby and R. I. Murchison 1839
See also Cocks 2008, Cocks 2010, Reed 1917, Villas et al. 2015 and Williams 1963
Sister taxa: Orthis (Finkelnburgia), Orthis (Orusia), Orthis acuminata, Orthis australis, Orthis berthoisi, Orthis biforata, Orthis biloba, Orthis bilobata, Orthis callactis, Orthis christianae, Orthis cypha, Orthis davidsoni, Orthis gwalia, Orthis intercostata, Orthis kreklingensis, Orthis laticostata, Orthis perveta, Orthis piger, Orthis reversa, Orthis ribeiroi, Orthis spinigera, Orthis subalata, Orthis subvulvaria, Orthis testudinaria, Orthis tulliensis
Type specimen: GSM Geol. Soc. Coll. 6863, a valve (a ventral internal mould).
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orthis expansa in the database
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