Heteralosia tenuispina Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921

Belongs to Heteralosia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975

Sister taxa: Heteralosia alexandrae, Heteralosia beecheri, Heteralosia complectens, Heteralosia cornelliana, Heteralosia cymbula, Heteralosia fortispinosa, Heteralosia haerens, Heteralosia hystricula, Heteralosia iphia, Heteralosia magnispina, Heteralosia mexicana, Heteralosia orbiculata, Heteralosia paucispinosa, Heteralosia slocomi, Heteralosia subelliptica, Heteralosia vidriensis, Strophalosia (Heteralosia) sublamellata, Strophalosia (Heteralosia) tenuispina

Type specimen: USNM 152634b, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM731, Pinyon Tank, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of Texas)

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