Biology:Sphenorhynchia plicatella

Sphenorhynchia plicatella; Temporal range: Jurassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Sphenorhynchia plicatella from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Rhynchonellata
Order:	Rhynchonellida
Family:	Prionorhynchiidae
Genus:	Sphenorhynchia
Species:	S. plicatella
Binomial name
	Sphenorhynchia plicatella; (Sowerby 1825)

Short description: Extinct species of marine lamp shell

Sphenorhynchia plicatella is an extinct species of brachiopods belonging to the family Prionorhynchiidae.^[2]

These brachiopods are stationary epifaunal suspension feeders. They lived in the Jurassic period, from 167.7 to 161.2 Ma.^[1]

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Sphenorhynchia plicatella Temporal range: Jurassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ^[1]

Fossil of Sphenorhynchia plicatella from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Rhynchonellata
Order:	Rhynchonellida
Family:	Prionorhynchiidae
Genus:	Sphenorhynchia
Species:	S. plicatella
Binomial name
*Sphenorhynchia plicatella* (Sowerby 1825)