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... bellerophontid gastropod ( Figs 7A - C , 8 ) . The brachiopods include a
species of Lingula , Orbiculoidea baini ( Sharpe ) , which is known from the
Bokkeveld Group , the Falkland Islands and Brazil , and the articulate brachiopod
B A E Fig .
... bellerophontid gastropod ( Figs 7A - C , 8 ) . The brachiopods include a
species of Lingula , Orbiculoidea baini ( Sharpe ) , which is known from the
Bokkeveld Group , the Falkland Islands and Brazil , and the articulate brachiopod
B A E Fig .
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The single gastropod is a species of Plectonotus . PALAEOECOLOGY
Brachiopods are epifaunal suspension feeders that are restricted to more or less
normal marine conditions . The only known exception to this general rule is
Lingula , which ...
The single gastropod is a species of Plectonotus . PALAEOECOLOGY
Brachiopods are epifaunal suspension feeders that are restricted to more or less
normal marine conditions . The only known exception to this general rule is
Lingula , which ...
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... has yielded an intertidal assemblage dominated by infaunal bivalves but also
containing orbiculoid and linguloid inarticulate brachiopods , Tropidoleptus ( an
articulate brachiopod ) , a homalonotid trilobite and the gastropod Plectonotus .
... has yielded an intertidal assemblage dominated by infaunal bivalves but also
containing orbiculoid and linguloid inarticulate brachiopods , Tropidoleptus ( an
articulate brachiopod ) , a homalonotid trilobite and the gastropod Plectonotus .
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