Destombesium pacochicoensis Havlicek and Branisa 1980 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae

Full reference: V. Havlicek and L. Branisa. 1980. Ordovician brachiopods of Bolivia: Succession of assemblages, climate control, affinity to Anglo-French and Bohemian provinces. Rozpravy Ceskoslovenske Akademie Ved. Rada Matematickych a Prirodnich Ved. Academia Praha, Prague, Czechoslovakia 90(1):1-54

Belongs to Destombesium according to V. Havlicek and L. Branisa 1980

Sister taxa: Destombesium ellipsoides, Destombesium zagoraensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Paco Chico, ~40 km west of Potosí, which is in a Caradoc foreshore sandstone in the San Benito Formation of Bolivia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Paco Chico, ~40 km west of Potosí

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