Costispinifera costata King 1931 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Alternative combination: Avonia costata

Synonym: Costispinifera texana Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960

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 Costispinifera according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975

Sister taxa: Costispinifera conspica, Costispinifera paucispinosa, Costispinifera rugatula, Costispinifera shizilingensis, Costispinifera sulcata, Costispinifera walcottiana

Type specimens:

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (18: California, Texas)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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