Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Alternative combination: Aulosteges subcostatus
Synonym: Peniculauris mckeei 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 Peniculauris according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
See also King 1931 and Stehli and Grant 1970
Sister taxa: Peniculauris bassi, Peniculauris costata, Peniculauris imitata, Peniculauris ivesi, Peniculauris peniculifera, Peniculauris transversa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Guatemala (1 collection), Mexico (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (33: Texas), Venezuela (2)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
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