†Collemataria platys Cooper and Grant 1974 (lamp shell)
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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 irregularis, Collemataria marshalli, Collemataria spatulata, Collemataria venezuelensis
Type specimen: USNM 150734a, a valve
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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