Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Alternative combination: Sowerbyella elusa

Full reference: A. Williams. 1962. The Barr and lower Ardmillan series (Caradoc) of the Girvan District, south-west Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir - Geological Society of London 3:1-267

Belongs to Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014

See also Williams 1962

Sister taxa: Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) aequistriatus, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) akdombakensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) ampla, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) antiqua, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) eha, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) forumi, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) intricata, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) monilifera, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) monilifera, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) multipartita, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) musculosa, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) oepiki, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) papiliuncula, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) rectangularis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) rukavishnikovae, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sericea, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sinensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) soudleyensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) tenera, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) trivia, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) varicostellata

Type specimen: BB.15871, a shell (complete specimen)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Main quarries WNW of Craighead Farm, 3 miles from Girvan on Maybole Rd. (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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