†Mickwitzia occidens Walcott 1908 (lamp shell)
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Full reference: C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Brachiopoda: descriptions of new genera and species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(3):53-137
Belongs to Mickwitzia according to Y. Liang et al. 2021
See also Rowell 1977 and Walcott 1908
Sister taxa: Mickwitzia lochmanae, Mickwitzia monilifera, Mickwitzia multipunctata, Mickwitzia muralensis, Mickwitzia pretiosa
Type specimen: USNM, a shell
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Greenland (2 collections), United States (2: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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