Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Alternative combinations: Atelelasma atlanticus, Neumania atlantica, Neumania atlanticus
Full reference: R. B. Neuman. 1976. Early Ordovician (Late Arenig) brachiopods from Virgin Arm, New World Island, Newfoundland. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 261:11-61
Belongs to Palaeoneumania according to J. Hansen and D. A. T. Harper 2005
See also Bruton and Harper 1981 and Rubel and Popov 1994
Sister taxa: Palaeoneumania paucicostata, Neumania erecta, Neumania costata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Virgin Arm, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone in the Cobbs Arm Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Newfoundland collections), Norway (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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