Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Full reference: A. Williams. 1974. Ordovician Brachiopoda from the Shelve District, Shropshire. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology), Supplement 11:1-158
Parent taxon: Triplesiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acaretyrricula, Amphiplecia, Bicuspina, Brachymimulus, Cliftonia, Craigella, Grammoplecia, Ogmoplecia, Onychoplecia, Onychotreta, Oxoplecia, Paraonychoplecia, Placotriplesia, Plectotreta, Streptis, Triplesia
Subtaxa: Caeroplecia plicata
Type: Caeroplecia plicata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Peru (2 collections), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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