Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combination: Orthis mundae
Full reference: D. Sharpe. 1853. Descriptions of the new species of Zoophyta and Mollusca (appendix B to Ribeiro, Carlos, Carboniferous and Silurian formation of the neighborhood of Bussaco in Portugal). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 9(1):143-158
Belongs to Hedstroemina according to J. Colmenar 2016
See also Sharpe 1853
Sister taxa: Hedstroemina fragilis, Hedstroemina oanduensis, Hedstroemina orvikui, Hedstroemina reticulata, Hedstroemina ungula, Rafinesquina (Hedstroemina) holtedahli
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Buçaco, Serra de Bussaco (Ordovician of Portugal)
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