Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607
Belongs to Cenorhynchia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Cenorhynchia atmeta, Cenorhynchia camerata, Cenorhynchia fracida, Cenorhynchia hebata, Cenorhynchia mitigata, Cenorhynchia nasuta, Cenorhynchia parvula, Cenorhynchia pentagonalis, Cenorhynchia saginata, Cenorhynchia transversa, Cenorhynchia triangulata, Cenorhynchia unicostata
Type specimen: USNM 148762, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM701d, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)
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