Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula Sowerby 1839 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae

Alternative combinations: Camarotoechia nucula, Rhynchonella nucula, Terebratula nucula

Belongs to Microsphaeridiorhynchus according to M. G. Bassett and L. R. M. Cocks 1974

See also Cocks 1977 and Davidson 1869

Sister taxa: Microsphaeridiorhynchus hercostomaticum, Microsphaeridiorhynchus litchfieldensis

Type specimen: GSM Geol. Soc. Coil. 6657.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Algeria (1 collection), Spain (2)

• Jaani of Estonia (1), Lithuania (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of Mauritania (1), Morocco (1), Spain (1)

• Silurian of Estonia (6), Latvia (3), Lithuania (29), Morocco (1), Norway (7), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (3), Sweden (17), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (42)

Total: 121 collections each including a single occurrence

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