Heteralosia hystricula Girty 1908 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Alternative combination: Strophalosia hystricula

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651

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

See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960

Sister taxa: Heteralosia alexandrae, Heteralosia beecheri, Heteralosia complectens, Heteralosia cornelliana, Heteralosia cymbula, Heteralosia fortispinosa, Heteralosia haerens, Heteralosia iphia, Heteralosia magnispina, Heteralosia mexicana, Heteralosia orbiculata, Heteralosia paucispinosa, Heteralosia slocomi, Heteralosia subelliptica, Heteralosia tenuispina, Heteralosia vidriensis, Strophalosia (Heteralosia) sublamellata, Strophalosia (Heteralosia) tenuispina

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 3763 green, Comanche Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Word Formation of Texas

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (39: Texas collections)

Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence

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