Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae

Alternative combination: Parastrophia youngi

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 Parastrophinella according to A. Williams 1962

See also Candela and Harper 2014 and Reed 1917

Sister taxa: Parastrophinella cirrita, Parastrophinella reversa, Parastrophinella thraivensis

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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