Megousia alata Cooper 1953 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Alternative combination: Anidanthus alatus

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1953. Sponges, Brachiopoda, Pelecypoda, and Scaphopoda. Permian fauna at El Antimonio, western Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(2):21-80

Belongs to Megousia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1968

See also Cooper 1953

Sister taxa: Megousia aagardi, Megousia auriculata, Megousia crenulata, Megousia definita, Megousia flexuosa, Megousia girtyi, Megousia kolymaensis, Megousia kulikii, Megousia mucronata, Megousia nakamurai, Megousia papilio, Megousia pobedensis, Megousia sinuata, Megousia solita, Megousia umbonata, Megousia waageniana, Megousia yakutica

Type specimen: USNM 115471

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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