†Elliptoglossa rotundata Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Elliptoglossa according to A. Williams 1962
See also Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Elliptoglossa ovalis, Elliptoglossa sylvanica, Elliptoglossa vulgaris
Type specimen: USNM 71885a, a shell
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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