Apatorthis ultima Opik 1933 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Angusticardiniidae

Full reference: A. Opik. 1933. Über einige Dalmanellacea aus Estland. Tartu Ülikooli Geoloogia-Instituudi Toimetused, Publications of the Geological Institution of the University of Tartu 32:1-34

Belongs to Apatorthis according to A. Opik 1933

Sister taxa: Apatorthis inflata, Apatorthis jugata, Apatorthis punctata, Apatorthis tenuicosta, Apatorthis tenuicostata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sutlepa, Laane, which is in a Caradoc marine horizon in Estonia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sutlepa, Laane

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