Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Multicostella according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Cooper 1956 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Multicostella platys, Multicostella rectangulata
Type specimen: USNM 1104036, a shell. Its type locality is Both sides of the old road in the cedar glade ΒΌ mile southeast of Friendsville, which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone in the Arline Formation of Tennessee.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (1: Tennessee collection)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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