Nudauris convexa Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

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

Sister taxa: Nudauris diabloensis, Nudauris enigmatica, Nudauris linospina, Nudauris presplendens, Nudauris reticulata, Nudauris splendens, Nudauris transversa, Nudauris tribulosa, Nudauris whitei

Type specimen: USNM 152742, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is USNM705, Hess Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Lenox Hills Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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