Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Alternative combination: Strophomena radiata
Full reference: F. Schmidt. 1858. Untersuchungen über die Silurische Formation von Ehstland, Nord-Livland und Oeseland. Archiv für die Naturkunde Livland, Ehstland und Kurlands (1) 2:1-248
Belongs to Plectambonites according to A. A. Öpik 1930
See also Cocks and Rong 1989 and Schmidt 1858
Sister taxa: Plectambonites aranea, Plectambonites etheridgei, Plectambonites planissimus, Plectambonites plicatella, Plectambonites plicatellus, Plectambonites praeteritus, Plectambonites quinquecostata, Plectambonites radiatus, Plectambonites rugosa, Plectambonites sericeus, Plectambonites uncinata, Plectambonites youngiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Erra, Kõrgekallas Formation, which is in an Uhaku marine horizon in the Kõrgekallas Formation of Estonia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Erra, Kõrgekallas Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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