Wimanella inyoensis Walcott 1908 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Bohemiellidae

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

Belongs to Wimanella according to C. W. Walcott 1908

Sister taxa: Wimanella highlandensis, Wimanella maladensis, Wimanella nautes, Wimanella rara, Wimanella seges, Wimanella shelbyensis, Wimanella simplex, Wimanella spencei, Wimanella tricavata

Type specimen: Its type locality is UNSM loc8b, Tollgate Canyon, White-Inyo Mountains, which is in a Dyeran carbonate limestone in the Poleta Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UNSM loc. 8b, Tollgate Canyon, White-Inyo Mountains

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