Acrothele yorkensis Walcott 1908 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae

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

Belongs to Acrothele according to C. W. Walcott 1908

Sister taxa: Acrothele (Redlichella), Acrothele affinis, Acrothele artemis, Acrothele bellapunctata, Acrothele bellula, Acrothele bergeroni, Acrothele borgholmensis, Acrothele concava, Acrothele coriacea, Acrothele decipiens, Acrothele dichotoma, Acrothele levisensis, Acrothele minuta, Acrothele primaeva, Acrothele rarus, Acrothele sougyi, Acrothele speciosa, Acrothele spinulosa, Acrothele subsidua, Acrothele turneri, Acrothele woodworthi, Dearbornia clarki

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Grant Alley, Northern York [Upper Member, Kinzer Fm] (Cambrian of Pennsylvania)

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