Billingsella bivia Walcott 1912 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Billingsellidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1912. Cambrian Brachiopoda. United States Geological Survey Monograph 51(1-2)

Belongs to Billingsella according to C. D. Walcott 1912

Sister taxa: Billingsella (Otusia), Billingsella aliena, Billingsella anomala, Billingsella appalachia, Billingsella coloradoensis, Billingsella corrugata, Billingsella costata, Billingsella dice, Billingsella exporrecta, Billingsella hicksi, Billingsella holtedahli, Billingsella lindstromi, Billingsella major, Billingsella marion, Billingsella obscura, 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is UNSM loc14l, Emigrant Pass, Nopah Range, which is in a Dyeran coastal sandstone in the Carrara Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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