Niobe (Niobella) homfrayi Salter 1866 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Alternative combinations: Niobe homfrayi, Niobella homfrayi

Belongs to Niobe (Niobella) according to O. A. Hoel 1999

See also Henningsmoen 1958 and Salter 1865

Sister taxa: Niobe (Niobella) bohlini, Niobe (Niobella) imparilimbata, Niobe (Niobella) inflecta, Niobe (Niobella) laeviceps, Niobe (Niobella) obscura, Niobe (Niobella) obsoleta, Niobella birchensis, Niobella kanauguki, Niobella kozhuchensis, Niobella primaeva, Niobella sanduensis, Niobella tianjiapingensis, Niobella yangjiawanensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Breadstone trench (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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