Chaganella speciosa Percival 1991 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae

Alternative combination: Tylambonites speciosa

Full reference: I. Percival. 1991. Late Ordovician articulate brachiopods from central New South Wales, Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 11:107-177

Belongs to Chaganella according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Percival 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is L024. Bingara, Licking Hole Creek, near Walli, which is in an Eastonian deep subtidal shelf limestone in the Vandon Limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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