Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
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 Fardenia according to A. Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Fardenia (Coolinia), Fardenia (Fardenia), Fardenia comes, Fardenia costatula, Fardenia filistriata, Fardenia flabellata, Fardenia gwaliae, Fardenia modica, Fardenia oblectator, Fardenia transversalis
Type specimen: BB.15888, a shell (complete shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Main quarries WNW of Craighead Farm, 3 miles from Girvan on Maybole Rd. (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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