Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Alternative combination: Fardenia castatula
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and C.H. Kindle. 1936. New brachiopods and trilobites from the Ordovician of Perce, Quebec. Journal of Paleontology 10(5):348-372
Belongs to Fardenia according to P. M. Sheehan and P.J. Lesperance 1981
See also Cooper and Kindle 1936
Sister taxa: Fardenia (Coolinia), Fardenia (Fardenia), Fardenia comes, Fardenia filistriata, Fardenia flabellata, Fardenia gwaliae, Fardenia modica, Fardenia oblectator, Fardenia scalena, Fardenia transversalis
Type specimen: USNM 91826,a,b
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Quebec collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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