Ribeiria johni Polechová 2015 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Technophoridae

Full reference: M. Polechová. 2015. The youngest representatives of the genus Ribeiria Sharpe, 1853 from the late Katian of the Prague Basin (Bohemia). Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 64(1):84–-90

Belongs to Ribeiria according to M. Polechová 2015

Sister taxa: Ribeiria apusoides, Ribeiria australiensis, Ribeiria bassleri, Ribeiria calcifera, Ribeiria complanata, Ribeiria compressa, Ribeiria coreanica, Ribeiria csiro, Ribeiria francae, Ribeiria lucan, Ribeiria manchurica, Ribeiria parva, Ribeiria personata, Ribeiria pholadiformis, Ribeiria pojetai, Ribeiria runnegari, Ribeiria spinosa, Ribeiria taylori

Type specimen: NM L 7859, a shell. Its type locality is Lejskov (= Leiskov) near Malkov, which is in a Berounian carbonate limestone in the Králuv Dvur Formation of the Czech Republic.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lejskov (= Leiskov) near Malkov

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