Ptychopleurella kleinhamplei Ross and Barnes 1967 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae

Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross and H. B. Barnes. 1967. Some Middle Ordovician Brachiopods and Trilobites from the Basin Ranges, Western United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 523-D:D1-D4

Belongs to Ptychopleurella according to R. J., Jr. Ross and H. B. Barnes 1967

Sister taxa: Ptychopleurella aleksandrovae, Ptychopleurella angulaticostata, Ptychopleurella arthuri, Ptychopleurella bouchardi, Ptychopleurella decretoria, Ptychopleurella emarginata, Ptychopleurella erecta, Ptychopleurella lamellosa, Ptychopleurella lapworthi, Ptychopleurella lenzi, Ptychopleurella mediocostata, Ptychopleurella multicostata, Ptychopleurella oklahomensis, Ptychopleurella pirguensis, Ptychopleurella porcia, Ptychopleurella rectangulata, Ptychopleurella separata, Ptychopleurella sulcata, Ptychopleurella transversa, Ptychopleurella twenhofeli, Ptychopleurella uniplicata

Type specimen: USNM 145686. Its type locality is D 819 CO, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at D 819 CO

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