Sphenorhynchia plicatella
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| Sphenorhynchia plicatella Temporal range: [1] | |
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| 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) | |
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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