Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Full reference: W. F. Whittard and G. H. Barker. 1950. The Upper Valentian brachiopod fauna of Shropshire, part 1: Inarticulata: Articulata, Protremata, Orthoidea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12th Series 3(31):553-590
Belongs to Mendacella according to W. F. Whittard and G. H. Barker 1950
Sister taxa: Mendacella aerinensis, Mendacella bleikeriensis, Mendacella borrbyensis, Mendacella circularis, Mendacella megacircularis, Mendacella mullockiensis, Mendacella phiala, Mendacella sola, Mendacella uberis, Mendacella udauberis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shropshire, Pentamerus Beds, which is in a Llandovery marine shale/limestone in the Pentamerus Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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