Scacchinella americana Stehli 1954 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Scacchinellidae

Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358

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

See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Stehli 1954

Sister taxa: Scacchinella depressa, Scacchinella exasperata, Scacchinella gigantea, Scacchinella licharewi, Scacchinella primitiva, Scacchinella titan, Scacchinella triangulata, Scacchinella variabilis, Scacchinella yakowlewi

Type specimen: AMNH 27311/1:3, a valve (Ventral valve)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (11: Texas collections)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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