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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