Eoorthis sabus Walcott 1924 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Eoorthidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1924. Cambrian and Ozarkian Brachiopoda, Ozarkian Cephalopods and Notostraca. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 67:477-554

Belongs to Eoorthis according to C. D. Walcott 1924

Sister taxa: Eoorthis indianola, Eoorthis newberryi, Eoorthis remnicha, Eoorthis thyone, Eoorthis zeno

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 68b. Gribovaya Bay, 7 km, northwest of the head of Bessimyanni Fjord (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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