Rafanoglossella leiskowiensis Barrande 1879 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Alternative combination: Lingula leiskowiensis

Full reference: J. Barrande. 1879. Classe des Mollusques. Ordre des Brachiopodes. Systême silurien du centre de la Bohême. Iére partie. Recherches paléontologiques 5:1-226

Belongs to Rafanoglossella according to V. Havlicek 1998

See also Barrande 1879

Sister taxa: Rafanoglossella deleta, Rafanoglossella generosa, Rafanoglossella siliqua

Type specimen: L 25420, a shell

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lejskov (= Leiskov) near Malkov (Ordovician of Czech Republic)

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