Orthis kreklingensis Opik 1939 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae

Full reference: A. Opik. 1939. Brachiopoden und ostracoden aus dem Expansusschiefer Norwegens. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 19:117-142

Belongs to Orthis according to A. Opik 1939

See also Jaanusson and Bassett 1993

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 laticostata, Orthis perveta, Orthis piger, Orthis reversa, Orthis ribeiroi, Orthis spinigera, Orthis subalata, Orthis testudinaria, Orthis tulliensis

Type specimen: PMO 61090

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Krekling (Ordovician of Norway)

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