Alocorthis Paterson and Brock 2003 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Archaeorthidae

Parent taxon: Archaeorthidae according to A. Williams et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Archaeorthis, Cyrtonotella, Diplonorthis, Nicoloidea, Nothorthis, Pleurorthis, Riograndella, Shoshonorthis, Xinanorthis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Alocorthis in the database

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