Meristella martini Merriam 1973 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae

Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1973. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Rabbit Hill Limestone and Lone Mountain Dolomite of central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 808:1-50

Belongs to Meristella according to C. W. Merriam 1973

Sister taxa: Meristella (Whitfieldia), Meristella haskinsi, Meristella robertsensis, Meristella wisniowskii

Type specimen: USNM 159606, a shell. Its type locality is USGS M409, Rabbit Hill, which is in a Pragian carbonate limestone in the Rabbit Hill Limestone Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (13: Nevada collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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