Pionodema minuscula Willard 1928 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae

Alternative combination: Pionodema miniscula

Belongs to Pionodema according to G. A. Cooper 1956

See also Allen and Lester 1957

Sister taxa: Pionodema aberstadti, Pionodema cooperi, Pionodema costata, Pionodema dubia, Pionodema girvaniensis, Pionodema hypermeca, Pionodema opima, Pionodema subaequata

Type specimen: MCZ 8610, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (16: Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia collections)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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