Lapworthella schodakensis Lochman 1956 (lamp shell)

Brachiopoda - Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae

Alternative combinations: Lapworthella schodackensis, Stenothecopsis schodakensis

Full reference: C. Lochman. 1956. Stratigraphy, paleontology, and paleogeography of the Elliptocephala asaphoides strata in Cambridge and Hoosick quadrangles, New York. Geological Society of America Bulletin 67:1331-1396

Belongs to Lapworthella according to C. B. Skovsted 2006

See also Landing 1984, Landing and Bartowski 1996, Landing et al. 2002 and Lochman 1956

Sister taxa: Lapworthella ablorta, Lapworthella annulata, Lapworthella cornu, Lapworthella dentata, Lapworthella fasciculata, Lapworthella gezhongwuensis, Lapworthella hubeiensis, Lapworthella hubeinensis, Lapworthella nigra, Lapworthella puttapensis, Lapworthella rostriptutea, Lapworthella sinensis, Lapworthella subrectangulata, Stenothecopsis heraultensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (4: New York collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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