Hesperonomia uzunbulakensis Nikitina et al. 2006 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperonomiidae

Full reference: O. I. Nikitina, L. E. Popov, R. B. Neuman, M. G. Bassett, and L. E. Holmer. 2006. Mid Ordovician (Darriwilian) brachiopods of South Kazakhstan. Studies in Palaeozoic palaeontology 25:145-222

Belongs to Hesperonomia according to O. I. Nikitina et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Hesperonomia antelopensis, Hesperonomia crassa, Hesperonomia nemea, Hesperonomia orientalis, Hesperonomia planidorsalis, Hesperonomia subtransversa

Type specimen: USNM 485020, a valve (dorsal internal mould)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hesperonomia uzunbulakensis in the database

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