Striispirifer plicatellus Linnaeus 1758 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae

Alternative combination: Anomia plicatella

Synonyms: Delthyris cyrtaena Dalman 1828, Striispirifer interlineatus Sowerby 1839, Striispirifer sinuosus Hedström 1923

Belongs to Striispirifer according to M. G. Bassett and L. R. M. Cocks 1974

Sister taxa: Striispirifer niagarensis, Striispirifer striolatus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Australia (1 collection), Belarus (1), Lithuania (6), Sweden (4), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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