Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
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 Hystriculina according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Hystriculina convexa, Hystriculina dugoutensis, Hystriculina hystricula, Hystriculina minima, Hystriculina orbignyana, Hystriculina pumila, Hystriculina sinica, Hystriculina sulcata, Hystriculina wabashensis
Type specimen: USNM 149777b, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Texas)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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