Proclinorthis Colmenar et al. 2013 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platyorthidae

Full reference: J. Colmenar, E. Villas, and D. Vizcaïno. 2013. Upper Ordovician brachiopods from the Montagne Noire (France): endemic Gondwanan predecessors of Prehirnantian low-latitude immigrants. Bulletin of Geosciences 88(1):153-174

Parent taxon: Platyorthidae according to J. Colmenar et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Crozonorthis, Diceromyonia, Eorhipidomella, Marklandella, Platyorthis

Subtaxa: Proclinorthis vailhanensis

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Type: Proclinorthis vailhanensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Southern slope of Grand Glauzy hill, Vailhan, between Gabian and Neffiès (Ordovician of France)

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