Squamulariina simplex Phillips 1841 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae

Alternative combinations: Pyramidalia simplex, Spirifera simplex

Full reference: J. Phillips. 1841. Figures and descriptions of the Palaeozoic fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset; observed in the course of the Ordinance Geological Survey of that district. Geological Society of London 1-231

Belongs to Squamulariina according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Nalivkin 1947 and Phillips 1841

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Squamulariina simplex in the database

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