Nucleospira pisum Sowerby 1839 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae

Alternative combination: Spirifer pisum

Belongs to Nucleospira according to P. Musteikis and T. L. Modzalevskaya 2002

Sister taxa: Nucleospira bellornata, Nucleospira concinna, Nucleospira cunctata, Nucleospira hecetensis, Nucleospira lentilca, Nucleospira subsphaerica, Nucleospira superata, Nucleospira ventricosa

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jaani of Estonia (2 collections), Lithuania (9)

• Silurian of Ireland (1), Lithuania (24), Sweden (9), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 48 collections including 49 occurrences

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