Oehlertella stoutella Morningstar 1922 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Alternative combination: Orbiculoidea stoutella

Full reference: H. Morningstar. 1922. Pottsville fauna of Ohio. Ohio Geological Survey Bulletin 25:1-312

Belongs to Oehlertella according to J. L. Carter and R. C. Carter 1970

See also Morningstar 1922

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at small tributary of Little Scioto River, Section 22, Hamilton Township (Carboniferous of Ohio)

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