†Hesperonomiella porcias Walcott 1924 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperonomiidae
Alternative combination: Protorthis porcias
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1924. Cambrian and Ozarkian Brachiopoda, Ozarkian Cephalopods and Notostraca. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 67:477-554
Belongs to Hesperonomiella according to E. O. Ulrich and G. A. Cooper 1936
See also Walcott 1924
Sister taxa: Hesperonomiella arcuata, Hesperonomiella uzunbulakensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 16q. 3.2 km up Sinclair Canyon from Radium Hot Springs (Ordovician of British Columbia)
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