Asturorthis sarreoensis Villas and Cocks 1996 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Cathaysiorthidae

Full reference: E. Villas and L. R. M. Cocks. 1996. The first early Silurian brachiopod fauna from the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Paleontology 70(4):571-588

Belongs to Asturorthis according to E. Villas and L. R. M. Cocks 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DPO 29467, a shell. Its type locality is Asturian coast, El Castro Fm. (Viodo Limestone Mbr.), Asturias, Spain, which is in a Telychian offshore shelf siltstone in the El Castro Formation of Spain.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Asturian coast, El Castro Fm. (Viodo Limestone Mbr.), Asturias, Spain

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