Sivorthis calatravaensis Reyes-Abril et al. 2010 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae

Full reference: J. Reyes-Abril, E. Villas, and J. C. GutiƩrrez-Marco. 2010. Orthid brachiopods from the Middle Ordovician of the Central Iberian Zone, Spain. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55(2):285-308

Belongs to Sivorthis according to J. Reyes-Abril et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Sivorthis ardmillanensis, Sivorthis bellus, Sivorthis eucharis, Sivorthis filistera, Sivorthis friendsvillensis, Sivorthis minus, Sivorthis minutus, Sivorthis multicostellatus, Sivorthis noctilio, Sivorthis occidentalis, Sivorthis precordillerana, Sivorthis tenuicostatus

Type specimen: MGM−6199−O, a valve (internal and external moulds of ventral valve). Its type locality is NE-IIIA. 5600 m SE of Navas de Estena, which is in a Dobrotivian marine slate in the Navas de Estena Formation of Spain.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at NE-IIIA. 5600 m SE of Navas de Estena

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