Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae
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 Teguliferina according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Teguliferina boesei, Teguliferina chabartensis, Teguliferina deformis, Teguliferina geniculata, Teguliferina irregularis, Teguliferina miatschkowensis, Teguliferina parva, Teguliferina rossica, Teguliferina solidispinosa, Tegulifera uralica
Type specimen: USNM 151370a, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is USNM705r, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian slope limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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