Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Porambonitidae

Alternative combination: Porambonites acutiplicata

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1917. The Ordovician and Silurian Brachiopoda of the Girvan District. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51(4):795-998

Belongs to Porambonites according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014

See also Reed 1917 and Williams 1962

Sister taxa: Porambonites (Equirostra), Porambonites (Isorhynchus), Porambonites (Noetlingia), Porambonites (Porambonites), Porambonites costata, Porambonites intermedius, Porambonites planus, Porambonites reticulata, Porambonites trigona, Porambonites trigonus

Ecology: stationary 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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