Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae
Alternative combination: Aulosteges wolfcampensis
Full reference: R. E. King. 1931. The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas, Part II, Faunal summary and correlation of the Permian formations with description of Brachiopoda. The University of Texas Bulletin 3042:1-245
Belongs to Limbella according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
See also King 1931 and Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Sister taxa: Limbella costellata, Limbella grangeri, Limbella limbata, Limbella victorioensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (41: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (8: Texas)
Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence
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