Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Alternative combination: Marginifera dugoutensis
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 Hystriculina according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
See also King 1931
Sister taxa: Hystriculina convexa, Hystriculina hystricula, Hystriculina minima, Hystriculina orbignyana, Hystriculina pumila, Hystriculina sinica, Hystriculina sulcata, Hystriculina ventroplana, Hystriculina wabashensis
Type specimen: YPM 11773a
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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