†Pliothyrina orfordi Muir-Wood 1938 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Alternative combination: Terebratula orfordensis
Full reference: H. Muir-Wood. 1938. Notes on British Eocene and Pliocene Terebratulas. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 2:154-181
Belongs to Pliothyrina according to G. A. Cooper 1983
See also Muir-Wood 1938
Sister taxa: Pliothyrina grandis, Pliothyrina harmeri, Pliothyrina sowerbyana, Apletosia maxima
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Park Pit, Sudbourne (Walker collection) (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)
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