Microcardinalia (Chiastodoca) estonica Rubel 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Stricklandiidae

Alternative combination: Kulumbella estonica

Full reference: M. Rubel. 1970. Brakhiopody Pentamerida i Spiriferida silura Estonii - Siluran Brachiopods Pentamerida and Spiriferida of Estonia. Akademiya Nauk Estonskoy SSR, Institut Geologii, Valgus 1-75

Belongs to Microcardinalia (Chiastodoca) according to J. Jin and P. Copper 1998

See also Rubel 1970

Sister taxa: Microcardinalia (Chiastodoca) jingshanensis, Microcardinalia (Chiastodoca) latiplicata, Microcardinalia (Chiastodoca) richardsoni, Microcardinalia (Chiastodoca) salterii

Type specimen: GIT 130-28, a valve (ventral valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kamari (Silurian of Estonia)

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