Onychoplecia longirostris Billings 1859 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae

Alternative combination: Camerella longirostris

Full reference: E. Billings. 1859. Fossils of the Chazy Limestone, with descriptions of new species. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist 4:426-470

Belongs to Onychoplecia according to G. A. Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Onychoplecia brevirostris, Onychoplecia gracilis, Onychoplecia kindlei, Onychoplecia matutina, Onychoplecia obesa, Onychoplecia schmidti, Onychoplecia tenuis

Type specimen: G.S.C1039, a valve (brachial valve).

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of United States (38: New York, Tennessee collections)

Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence

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