Dolerorthis plicata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae

Alternative combination: Spirifer plicatus

Full reference: J. C. de Sowerby and R. I. Murchison. 1839. The Silurian System. Part 2. Organic Remains. The Silurian System 2:579-768

Belongs to Dolerorthis according to A. Williams 1951

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974

Sister taxa: Dolerorthis duftonensis, Dolerorthis flabellites, Dolerorthis inaequicostata, Dolerorthis intercostata, Dolerorthis interplicata, Dolerorthis multicostellata, Dolerorthis nadruvensis, Dolerorthis praeclara, Dolerorthis pristina, Dolerorthis psygma, Dolerorthis rankini, Dolerorthis rustica, Dolerorthis savagei, Dolerorthis sowerbyana, Dolerorthis sowerbyiana, Munhella cummingi

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (2: Northwest Territories), Kazakhstan (2), Norway (12), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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