Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Alternative combination: Marginifera sublaevis
Synonym: Anemonaria inflata Cooper and Grant 1969
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 Anemonaria according to G. R. Shi et al. 2002
See also Cooper and Grant 1969, Cooper and Grant 1975, Hoover 1981 and King 1931
Sister taxa: Anemonaria auriculata, Anemonaria bicarinata, Anemonaria delicatula, Anemonaria mitis, Anemonaria pinegensis, Anemonaria pseudohorrida, Anemonaria spitzbergiana, Anemonaria sulankherensis, Anemonaria vadosisinuata
Type specimens:
- Anemonaria sublaevis: YPM 11792a
- Anemonaria inflata: USNM 153833a, a shell (Articulated shell).
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (48: Texas), Venezuela (3)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
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