Schellwienella umbonata Easton et al. 1958 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Pulsiidae

Full reference: W. H. Easton, J. E. Sanders, J. B. Knight and A. K. Miller. 1958. Mississippian fauna in northwestern Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(3):1-87

Belongs to Schellwienella according to W. H. Easton et al. 1958

Sister taxa: Schellwienella alternata, Schellwienella burlingtonensis, Schellwienella chouteauensis, Schellwienella crenistria, Schellwienella crenulicostata, Schellwienella inaequalis, Schellwienella inflata, Schellwienella marcidula, Schellwienella planumbona, Schellwienella radialis, Schellwienella regina, Schellwienella rotunda, Schellwienella scotica, Schellwienella senilis

Type specimen: USNM 127918a. Its type locality is Hill, 2.2 km WNW of Bisani, which is in a Kinderhookian/Osagean shallow subtidal limestone/chert in the Represo Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hill, 2.2 km WNW of Bisani

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