†Kvania mergli Benedetto 2007 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Giraldiellidae
Full reference: J. L. Benedetto. 2007. New Upper Cambrian-Tremadoc rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from northwestern Argentina: evolutionary trends and early diversification of plectorthoideans in the Andean Gondwana. Journal of Paleontology 81(2):261-285
Belongs to Kvania according to J. L. Benedetto 2007
Sister taxa: Kvania azulpampensis, Kvania lariensis, Kvania primigenia
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vogtendorf, Bavaria, which is in a Tremadoc marine horizon in the Vogtendorf Formation of Germany
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Vogtendorf, Bavaria
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