Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae
Full reference: U. P. James. 1871. Catalogue of the Lower Silurian fossils, Cincinnati Group 1-14
Belongs to Orthis according to Meek 1873
See also Alberstadt 1979, Foerste 1909, James 1871 and Meek 1873
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 perveta, Orthis piger, Orthis reversa, Orthis ribeiroi, Orthis spinigera, Orthis subalata, Orthis subvulvaria, Orthis testudinaria, Orthis tulliensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orthis laticostata in the database
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