†Apatobolus audax Reed 1917 (lamp shell)
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Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Alternative combination: Obolus audax
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 Apatobolus according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Reed 1917 and Williams 1962
Sister taxon: Paldiskites sulcatis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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