Eoplectodonta moelsi Rõõmusoks 1981 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Alternative combination: Thaerodonta moelsi

Full reference: A. Rõõmusoks. 1981. Ordovician and Silurian Strophomenida of Estonia, III. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Toimetised, Geoloogia 30:61-71

Belongs to Eoplectodonta according to J. E. Bauer and A. L. Stigall 2016

See also Rõõmusoks 1981

Sister taxa: Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta), Eoplectodonta (Ygerodiscus), Eoplectodonta acuminata, Eoplectodonta bidecorata, Eoplectodonta budgei, Eoplectodonta california, Eoplectodonta duvalii, Eoplectodonta nesnakomkaensis, Eoplectodonta oscitanda, Eoplectodonta penkillensis, Eoplectodonta percedens, Eoplectodonta praecursor, Eoplectodonta precursor

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kõrgessaare, Kõrgessaare Fm. (Ordovician of Estonia)

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