Collemataria spatulata Cooper and Grant 1974 (lamp shell)

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

See also Licharew and Kotlyar 1978

Sister taxa: Collemataria americana, Collemataria batilliformis, Collemataria elongata, Collemataria gregaria, Collemataria irregularis, Collemataria marshalli, Collemataria platys, Collemataria venezuelensis

Type specimen: USNM 150757b, a valve

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (13: New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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