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 Liosotella according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Liosotella angustata, Liosotella compacta, Liosotella cooperi, Liosotella costata, Liosotella decimana, Liosotella grandicosta, Liosotella heilongjiangensis, Liosotella hemispherica, Liosotella irregularis, Liosotella magnirugosa, Liosotella miaolingensis, Liosotella minuscula, Liosotella mongugaensis, Liosotella opima, Liosotella parva, Liosotella popei, Liosotella proboscidea, Liosotella rotunda, Liosotella rugosa, Liosotella spinumbona, Liosotella subcylindrica, Liosotella subquadrata, Liosotella subrugosa, Liosotella texana, Liosotella wordensis
Type specimen: USNM 149591a, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM706b, Hess Canyon, Glass Mtns., which is in a Wordian offshore shelf packstone/wackestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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