Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
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 Cancrinella according to W. Z. Li et al. 2012
See also Cooper and Grant 1975
Sister taxa: Cancrinella alazeica, Cancrinella binata, Cancrinella boonensis, Cancrinella cancrini, Cancrinella cancriniformis, Cancrinella grandis, Cancrinella janischewskiana, Cancrinella koninckiana, Cancrinella missunae, Cancrinella nunduva, Cancrinella omolonensis, Cancrinella parva, Cancrinella penzhinaensis, Cancrinella phosphatica, Cancrinella platiumbonata, Cancrinella pseudodjulfaensis, Cancrinella quadrata, Cancrinella rouxi, Cancrinella rugatostriata, Cancrinella rugosa, Cancrinella sparsispinosa, Cancrinella subquadrata, Cancrinella subtilis, Cancrinella tenuissima, Cancrinella truncata, Cancrinella venevi, Platycancrinella grandauris
Type specimen: USNM 152779a, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM706c, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM706c, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains
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