†Limbella costellata Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
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 Limbella according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Limbella grangeri, Limbella limbata, Limbella victorioensis, Limbella wolfcampensis
Type specimen: USNM 149086a, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM702n, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in a Gzhelian marine limestone in the Gaptank Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM702n, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains
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