Aulacella manticula Stainbrook 1947 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae

Alternative combination: Rhipidomella manticula

Full reference: M. A. Stainbrook. 1947. Brachiopoda of the Percha Shale of New Mexico and Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 21:297-328

Belongs to Aulacella according to G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982

See also Stainbrook 1947

Sister taxon: Aulacella elliptica

Type specimen: USNM 135260, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Percha Creek, 3 miles southeast of Hillsboro (Devonian of New Mexico)

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