Railtonella scanloni Laurie 1991 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Grorudiidae

Full reference: J. R. Laurie. 1991. Articulate brachiopods from the Ordovician and Lower Silurian of Tasmania. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists Memoir 11:1-106

Belongs to Railtonella according to J. R. Laurie 1991

Sister taxon: Railtonella sinensis

Type specimen: UTGD 99825. Its type locality is Locality A. north side of Caroline Quarry Road., which is in a Castlemainian marine sandstone in the Caroline Creek Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality A. north side of Caroline Quarry Road.

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