Hyolithus (Orthotheca) striata Cobbold 1931

Hyolitha - Orthothecida - Orthothecidae

Full reference: E. S. Cobbold. 1931. Additional fossils from the Cambrian Rocks of Comley, Shropshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 87:459-512

Belongs to Hyolithus (Orthotheca) according to E. S. Cobbold 1931

Sister taxa: Hyolithus (Orthotheca) holmi, Orthotheca buelna, Orthotheca corrugata, Orthotheca daulis, Orthotheca doris, Orthotheca interstrialis, Orthotheca shriveri, Orthotheca suavis, Orthotheca subornatus, Orthotheca teretiuscula

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Comley Quarry, Comley (Cambrian of the United Kingdom)

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