Ribeiria complanata Salter 1859 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Ribeiriidae

Full reference: J. W. Salter. 1859. Siluria, A history of the oldest fossiliferous rocks and their foundations: 3rd edit 1-592

Belongs to Ribeiria according to J. C. W. Cope 1996

See also Salter 1859 and Salter 1865

Sister taxa: Ribeiria apusoides, Ribeiria australiensis, Ribeiria bassleri, Ribeiria calcifera, Ribeiria compressa, Ribeiria coreanica, Ribeiria csiro, Ribeiria francae, Ribeiria johni, Ribeiria lucan, Ribeiria manchurica, Ribeiria parva, Ribeiria personata, Ribeiria pholadiformis, Ribeiria pojetai, Ribeiria runnegari, Ribeiria spinosa, Ribeiria taylori

Type specimen: GB 12434

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dan-Ian-y-Castell Farm Quarry, Llangynog, (upper) Bolahaul Member (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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