Dicellomus prolificus 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 Dicellomus according to C. W. Walcott 1908

Sister taxa: Dicellomus appalachia, Dicellomus nanus, Dicellomus parvus, Dicellomus pectenoides, Dicellomus politus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dicellomus prolificus in the database

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