†Cooperina parva Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Cooperinidae
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 Cooperina according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Cooperina inexpectata, Cooperina nipponica, Cooperina polytreta, Cooperina subcuneata, Cooperina triangulata
Type specimen: USNM 152638a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (8: Texas collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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