Cenorhynchia ventricosa Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

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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