Yet we found another type of Brachiopod from the Cleaverbank in the Dutch North Sea. Previously we recorded Terebratulina retusa from the same area, but this is something completely different. One valve is flatter than the other and the surface of both valves have a dense but regular pattern of pores. If anybody could make a suggestion it would be most welcome. We have orderder a book on British Brachiopods, but we don't have this yet, but I'm very curious.
Sample from 30.vi.2015, depth 38.1m, UTM31N 505400/5981650
for my knowledge there is only one person who is doing taxonomy of recent Brachiopoda for the moment. Aleksandra Bitner from Warsaw Poland. I will send you her address
This is probably Macandrevia cranium, but check the key in the link to exclude Glaciarcula spitzbergensis.
http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=brachiopoda&id=38
Last Wednesday I met Aleksandra Bitner in Leiden to have a closer look at this specimen. It was no M. cranium, but without having a closer look on the innerside she couldn't tell which species this might be. it could even be a new species to science. However, it is an adult with several growth lines visible. Unfortunately it was filled with sediment, but it was recent material. She will study it more closely at her institute using SEM-techniques. She was able to verify T. retusa from the same area, but also this material was filled with sediment.
Alexandra suggested that it may be the Cretaceous species Magas chitoniformis, but not sure though. In areas rich in chalk (like this North Sea area) fossils can be preserved very nicely.
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