Mabella halis Percival 1991 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae

Alternative combination: Wiradjuriella halis

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 Mabella according to L. E. Popov et al. 2002

See also Percival 1991

Sister taxa: Mabella conferta, Mabella semiovalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is L143. Creek bed, Billabong Creek, Forbes-Brogan Gate Road, which is in an Eastonian shallow subtidal limestone in the Billabong Creek Limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (12 collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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