Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae

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 Orthis according to D. Sharpe 1853

See also Mélou et al. 1999 and Mitchell 1974

Sister taxa: Orthis (Finkelnburgia), Orthis (Orusia), Orthis acuminata, Orthis australis, Orthis berthoisi, Orthis biforata, Orthis biloba, Orthis bilobata, Orthis callactis, Orthis christianae, Orthis cypha, Orthis davidsoni, Orthis expansa, Orthis gwalia, Orthis intercostata, Orthis kreklingensis, Orthis laticostata, Orthis perveta, Orthis piger, Orthis reversa, Orthis spinigera, Orthis subalata, Orthis subvulvaria, Orthis testudinaria, Orthis tulliensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Schistes du Courijou Fm., Plage du Veryac'h en Camaret, Finistere, France ( of France)

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