Spuriosa circularis Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

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 Spuriosa according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 153490a, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM701, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)

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