Grandaurispina belliformis Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

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 Grandaurispina according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975

Sister taxa: Grandaurispina bella, Grandaurispina crassa, Grandaurispina elongata, Grandaurispina ghabaensis, Grandaurispina gibbosa, Grandaurispina kingorum, Grandaurispina kozlowskiana, Grandaurispina meekana, Grandaurispina rara, Grandaurispina rudis, Grandaurispina signata, Grandaurispina undulata, Grandaurispina vaga, Grandaurispina vymensis

Type specimen: USNM 149983a, a valve (Ventral valve)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM728, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of Texas)

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