Isorthis festiva Philip 1962 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Full reference: G. M. Philip. 1962. The palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Siluro-Devonian sediments of the Tyers Area, Gippsland, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 75(n.s.):123-246

Belongs to Isorthis according to G. M. Philip 1962

Sister taxa: Isorthis (Arcualla), Isorthis (Isorthis), Isorthis (Ovalella), Isorthis (Protocortezorthis), Isorthis alpha, Isorthis bailyi, Isorthis crassa, Isorthis estona, Isorthis loveni, Isorthis mediocra, Isorthis parvulus, Isorthis pygmaea, Isorthis slitensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 49, Boola Beds, south of Tyers Quarry, Tyers area, Victoria, which is in a Silurian marine mudstone in the Boola Beds Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (3 collections)

• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (1)

• Silurian of Australia (3)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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