Rostricellula basalaris Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Rostricellula according to G. A. Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Rostricellula ardmillanensis, Rostricellula lapworthi, Rostricellula major, Rostricellula marciali, Rostricellula minnesotensis, Rostricellula minuta, Rostricellula nobilis, Rostricellula orientalis, Rostricellula plena, Rostricellula pristina, Rostricellula raymondi, Rostricellula rostrata, Rostricellula simulata, Rostricellula subtilicostata, Rostricellula transversa

Type specimen: USNM 111520b

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (1: Virginia collection)

• Ordovician of United States (1: Tennessee)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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