Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Alternative combination: Alexenia parvispinosa
Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358
Belongs to Thamnosia according to L. Li et al. 1986
See also Cooper and Grant 1969
Sister taxa: Thamnosia anterospinosa, Thamnosia arctica, Thamnosia capitanensis, Thamnosia depressa, Thamnosia longlinensis, Thamnosia mutabilis, Thamnosia nakadairensis, Thamnosia phragmophora, Thamnosia silicica, Thamnosia spinosa, Thuleproductus subarcticus, Thuleproductus crassauritus
Type specimen: AMNH27307
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (8: Texas)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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