Obolus mcconnelli Walcott 1889 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Alternative combination: Lingulella mcconnelli

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1889. Description of new genera and species of fossils from the Middle Cambrian. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11(738):441-446

Belongs to Obolus according to C. D. Walcott 1912

See also Walcott 1889

Sister taxa: Obolus (Broggeria), Obolus (Fordinia), Obolus (Mickwitzella), Obolus acadica, Obolus apollinis, Obolus eichwaldi, Obolus ion, Obolus ismene, Obolus matinalis, Obolus membranaceous, Obolus minimus, Obolus nundina, Obolus obscurus, Obolus parvus, Obolus pheres, Obolus prindlei, Obolus ruchini, Obolus shensiensis, Obolus smithi, Obolus tetonensis, Obolus virginiensis, Obolus wortheni

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UNSM loc. 14n, east of Emigrant Pass (Cambrian of California)

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