Xestosia Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921

Parent taxon: Rugatiini according to S. S. Lazarev 2011

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Nudauris, Rugatia, Spinarella

Subtaxa: Xestosia obsolescens Xestosia schucherti

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Type: Xestosia obsolescens

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (41: Texas)

Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence

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