Billingsella obscura Walcott 1905 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Billingsellidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1905. Cambrian Brachiopoda with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1395):227-337

Belongs to Billingsella according to C. D. Walcott 1905

Sister taxa: Billingsella (Otusia), Billingsella aliena, Billingsella anomala, Billingsella appalachia, Billingsella bivia, Billingsella coloradoensis, Billingsella corrugata, Billingsella costata, Billingsella dice, Billingsella exporrecta, Billingsella hicksi, Billingsella holtedahli, Billingsella lindstromi, Billingsella major, Billingsella marion, Billingsella orientalis, Billingsella perfecta, Billingsella plicatella, Billingsella pumpellyi, Billingsella rectangulata, Billingsella richthofeni, Billingsella saffordi, Billingsella salemensis, Billingsella seletensis, Billingsella striata, Billingsella tonkiniana, Billingsella uniplicata, Billingsella whitfieldi

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Billingsella obscura in the database

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