†Zygospira matutina Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Zygospira according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Zygospira deflecta, Zygospira fallax, Zygospira gutta, Zygospira kentuckiensis, Zygospira lebanonensis, Zygospira meafordensis, Zygospira modesta, Zygospira resupinata, Zygospira sulcata
Type specimen: USNM 117261, a shell. Its type locality is Hills east of Leeds, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Little Oak Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hills east of Leeds
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