Obolus wortheni Walcott 1908 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Full reference: C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Brachiopoda: descriptions of new genera and species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(3):53-137

Belongs to Obolus according to C. W. Walcott 1908

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

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Obolus wortheni in the database

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