Rostricellula minuta Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Rostricellula according to H. J. Howe 1979

See also Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Rostricellula ardmillanensis, Rostricellula basalaris, Rostricellula lapworthi, Rostricellula major, Rostricellula marciali, Rostricellula minnesotensis, Rostricellula nobilis, Rostricellula orientalis, Rostricellula plena, Rostricellula pristina, Rostricellula raymondi, Rostricellula rostrata, Rostricellula simulata, Rostricellula subtilicostata, Rostricellula transversa

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (3: Kentucky collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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