Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Alternative combinations: Anazyga recurvirostris, Atrypa recurvirostris, Zygospira recurvirostra, Zygospira recurvirostris
Full reference: J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338
Belongs to Anazyga according to P. Copper 1977
See also Cooper 1956, Hall 1847, Titus 2007 and Whiteaves 1897
Sister taxa: Anazyga aequivalvis, Anazyga orbis
Type specimen: AMNH 70S.3
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (25: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (107: Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 132 collections each including a single occurrence
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