Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Full reference: P. M. Sheehan. 1987. Late Ordovician (Ashgillian) brachiopods from the region of the Sambre and Meuse Rivers, Belgium. Bulletin-Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Sciences de la terre 57:5-81
Belongs to Christiania according to P. M. Sheehan 1987
Sister taxa: Christiania aseptata, Christiania bilobata, Christiania dalarnensis, Christiania egregia, Christiania elongata, Christiania hastata, Christiania hollii, Christiania holtedahli, Christiania huanghuaensis, Christiania nilssoni, Christiania perrugata, Christiania portlocki, Christiania proclivis, Christiania skolia, Christiania subquadrata, Christiania sulcata, Christiania tenuicincta, Christiania trentonensis
Type specimen: IRScNB 1576, a valve (interior and exterior molds of dorsal valve). Its type locality is 74B19, which is in a Rawtheyan deep-water shale in the Fosses Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Belgium (8 collections), China (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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