Kjaerina (Villasina) almadenensis Villas 1995 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Alternative combination: Hedstroemina almadenensis

Full reference: E. Villas. 1995. Caradoc through early Ashgill brachiopods from the Central-Iberian Zone (central Spain). Géobios 28(1):49-84

Belongs to Kjaerina (Villasina) according to J. Colmenar 2016

See also Villas 1995

Sister taxon: Kjaerina (Villasina) pyrenaica

Type specimen: MPZ 11570, a shell. Its type locality is Al-1. Almaden, which is in a Berounian shoreface sandstone/shale in the Bancos Mixtos Formation of Spain.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Al-1. Almaden

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