Schizocrania turnbulli Reed 1905 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Trematidae

Alternative combination: Crania turnbulli

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1905. III. - Sedgwick Museum Notes. New Fossils from the Haverfordwest District. IV. Geological Magazine 2(10):444-454

Belongs to Schizocrania according to L. R. M. Cocks 2014

See also Reed 1905

Sister taxon: Schizocrania incola

Type specimen: SM A31264, a shell. Its type locality is Southeast end of railway cutting at Sholeshook Farm, which is in a Cautleyan marine horizon in the Sholeshook Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Southeast end of railway cutting at Sholeshook Farm

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