†Hercosia delicata Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Hercosiidae
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 Hercosia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxon: Hercosia uddeni
Type specimen: USNM 152699u, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM726o, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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