Ribeiria lucan Walcott 1924 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Technophoridae

Alternative combination: Ozomia lucan

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1924. Cambrian and Ozarkian Brachiopoda, Ozarkian Cephalopods and Notostraca. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 67:477-554

Belongs to Ribeiria according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Kobayashi 1933, Pojeta and Runnegar 1976, Wagner 1997 and Walcott 1924

Sister taxa: Ribeiria apusoides, Ribeiria australiensis, Ribeiria bassleri, Ribeiria calcifera, Ribeiria complanata, Ribeiria compressa, Ribeiria coreanica, Ribeiria csiro, Ribeiria francae, Ribeiria johni, Ribeiria manchurica, Ribeiria parva, Ribeiria personata, Ribeiria pholadiformis, Ribeiria pojetai, Ribeiria runnegari, Ribeiria spinosa, Ribeiria taylori

Type specimen: USNM 209397, a shell. Its type locality is 66n. Cordilleran area from Glacier Lake near the head of the Saskatchewan River, which is in a Gasconadian carbonate limestone in Canada.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (1: Utah)

• Skullrockian of Canada (1: Alberta)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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