Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidiellidae
Alternative combination: Orthis exornata
Full reference: D. Sharpe. 1853. Descriptions of the new species of Zoophyta and Mollusca (appendix B to Ribeiro, Carlos, Carboniferous and Silurian formation of the neighborhood of Bussaco in Portugal). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 9(1):143-158
Belongs to Portranella according to E. Villas 1995
See also Mitchell 1974 and Sharpe 1853
Sister taxon: Portranella angulocostellata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Buçaco, Serra de Bussaco, which is in a Kralodvorian marine ironstone in the Porto de Santa Anna Formation of Portugal
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of France (1 collection), Portugal (2), Spain (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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