Holtedahlina varsensis Foerste 1924 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1924. Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138(121):1-99

Belongs to Holtedahlina according to A. F. Foerste 1924

Sister taxa: Holtedahlina moensis, Holtedahlina orientalis, Holtedahlina paraprostrata, Holtedahlina rakverensis, Holtedahlina sakuensis, Holtedahlina sinica, Holtedahlina subtilis, Holtedahlina suedica, Holtedahlina sulcata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 1 mile W of Vars, Waynesville Fm. (Ordovician of Ontario)

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