Mesodouvillina costatuloides Johnson et al. 1973 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae

Full reference: J. G. Johnson, A. J. Boucot, and M. A. Murphy. 1973. Pridolian and early Gedinnian age brachiopods from the Roberts Mountains Formation of central Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 100:1-75

Belongs to Mesodouvillina according to J. G. Johnson et al. 1973

Sister taxa: Mesodouvillina subinterstrialis, Mesodouvillina subinterstrialis, Mesodouvillina varistriata

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCR 5430, Birch Creek, Roberts Mountain, which is in a Pridoli offshore ramp lime mudstone in the Roberts Mountain Formation of Nevada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (3: Nevada collections)

• Silurian of United States (4: Nevada)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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