Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Billingsellidae
Full reference: L. E. Popov, M. Ghobadi Pour, M. R. Kebriah-Ee Zadeh and S. Shahbeik. 2011. First record of silicified Cambrian (Furongian) rhynchonelliform brachiopods from the Mila Formation, Alborz Range, Iran. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 42:193-207
Belongs to Billingsella according to L. E. Popov et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Billingsella (Otusia), Billingsella aliena, Billingsella anomala, Billingsella appalachia, Billingsella bivia, Billingsella coloradoensis, Billingsella corrugata, Billingsella costata, Billingsella dice, Billingsella exporrecta, Billingsella harlanensis, Billingsella hicksi, Billingsella holtedahli, Billingsella lindstromi, Billingsella major, Billingsella marion, Billingsella obscura, Billingsella orientalis, Billingsella perfecta, Billingsella plicatella, Billingsella pumpellyi, Billingsella rectangulata, Billingsella richthofeni, Billingsella saffordi, Billingsella salemensis, Billingsella seletensis, Billingsella striata, Billingsella tonkiniana, Billingsella whitfieldi
Type specimen: NMGW 2011.16G.12, a valve. Its type locality is Pn-4. The Deh-Molla area, c. 1 km north-east of the Qalyankesh Mountain, which is in a Furongian carbonate limestone in the Mila Formation of Iran.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Pn-4. The Deh-Molla area, c. 1 km north-east of the Qalyankesh Mountain
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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