Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Alternative combinations: Costatumulus sparsispinosus, Magniplicatina sparsispinosa
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 Briggs 1998, Cisterna and Simanauskas 2000, Cooper and Grant 1975, Kues 1995 and Waterhouse 1983
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 planumbona, Cancrinella platiumbonata, Cancrinella pseudodjulfaensis, Cancrinella quadrata, Cancrinella rouxi, Cancrinella rugatostriata, Cancrinella rugosa, Cancrinella subquadrata, Cancrinella subtilis, Cancrinella tenuissima, Cancrinella truncata, Cancrinella venevi, Platycancrinella grandauris
Type specimen: USNM 152780a, a valve (Ventral valve)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (6: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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