Schizotreta walkeri Mergl 2006 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Full reference: M. Mergl. 2006. A review of Silurian discinoid brachiopods from historical British localities. Bulletin of Geosciences 81(4):215-236

Belongs to Schizotreta according to M. Mergl 2006

Sister taxa: Schizotreta concava, Schizotreta corrugata, Schizotreta elliptica, Schizotreta marginalis, Schizotreta medioradiata

Type specimen: B4960

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Buildwas, Shropshire, Wenlock Shale Fm. (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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