Palaeobolus margaritae Saito 1936 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Alternative combination: Obolopsis margaritae

Full reference: K. Saito. 1936. Older Cambrian Brachiopoda, Gastropoda, etc., from Northwestern Korea. Journal of the Faculty of Science, the Imperial University of Tokyo, Section 2 4:345-367

Belongs to Palaeobolus according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Saito 1936

Sister taxon: Palaeobolus liantuoensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palaeobolus margaritae in the database

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