Nisusia fulleri Mount 1981 (lamp shell)

Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Nisusiidae

Full reference: J. D. Mount. 1981. A new articulate brachiopod from the Lower Cambrian Latham Shale. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 80(1):46-48

Belongs to Nisusia according to Y. Liang et al. 2021

See also Mount 1981

Sister taxa: Nisusia alberta, Nisusia ancauchensis, Nisusia borealis, Nisusia cloudi, Nisusia festinata, Nisusia howelli, Nisusia kotujensis, Nisusia minussensis, Nisusia multicostata, Nisusia nasuta, Nisusia pospelovi

Type specimen: UCR 10/2031. Its type locality is UCR loc. 10, Marble Mountains, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Latham Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UCR loc. 10, Marble Mountains

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