Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1974. Permian brachiopods of West Texas, II. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 15:233-793
Belongs to Collemataria according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1974
Sister taxa: Collemataria americana, Collemataria batilliformis, Collemataria elongata, Collemataria gregaria, Collemataria marshalli, Collemataria platys, Collemataria spatulata, Collemataria venezuelensis
Type specimen: USNM 153635a, a valve. Its type locality is USNM703b, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (7: Texas collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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