†Schizoramma valentica Whittard and Barker 1950 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
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 Schizoramma according to W. F. Whittard and G. H. Barker 1950
Sister taxa: Schizonema capillata, Schizonema fissistriata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shropshire, Purple Shale, which is in a Telychian marine shale/limestone in the Purple Shale Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Shropshire, Purple Shale
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