Eostropheodonta mullochensis Reed 1917 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae

Alternative combinations: Aphanomena mullochensis, Stropheodonta (Leptostrophia) filosa mullochensis, Stropheodonta (Leptostrophia) mullochensis

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1917. The Ordovician and Silurian Brachiopoda of the Girvan District. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51(4):795-998

Belongs to Eostropheodonta according to L. R. M. Cocks 2008

See also Benedetto 1995, Cocks 1967 and Reed 1917

Sister taxa: Eostropheodonta augusta, Eostropheodonta bublitschenki, Eostropheodonta chilcaensis, Eostropheodonta conradii, Eostropheodonta delicata, Eostropheodonta discumbata, Eostropheodonta hirnantensis, Eostropheodonta luna, Eostropheodonta multiradiata, Eostropheodonta parvicostellata, Eostropheodonta portfieldensis, Eostropheodonta schmalenseei, Eostropheodonta squamosa, Eostropheodonta tafilaltensis, Eostropheodonta ultrix, Stropheodonta (Eostropheodonta) williamsi, Aphanomena planoconvexa, Aphanomena schmalenseei, Aphanomena urbicola

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (4: New Brunswick, Quebec, Québec collections), Norway (1), Venezuela (1)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: New Brunswick)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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