Trifissura Holmer et al. 2014 (lamp shell)

Chileata - Chileida - Trifissuridae

Full reference: L. E. Holmer, L. Popov, and M. G. Bassett. 2014. Ordovician–Silurian Chileida—first post-Cambrian records of an enigmatic group of Brachiopoda. Journal of Paleontology 88(3):488-496

Parent taxon: Trifissuridae according to L. E. Holmer et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Trifissura rigida Trifissura transversa

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Type: Obolus transversus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lower Visby Beds Brachiopods (Silurian of Sweden)

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