Compressoproductus curtus Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

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

Sister taxa: Compressoproductus acuminatus, Compressoproductus compressus, Compressoproductus concentricus, Compressoproductus corniformis, Compressoproductus fengshuijiangensis, Compressoproductus flabellatus, Compressoproductus mongolicus, Compressoproductus multicorrugatus, Compressoproductus mytiloides, Compressoproductus parvus, Compressoproductus pentagonalis, Compressoproductus pinniformis, Compressoproductus planus, Compressoproductus prinadai, Compressoproductus rarus, Compressoproductus thomasi, Compressoproductus triangulus, Compressoproductus vladivostokensis

Type specimen: USNM 151569, a valve (Ventral valve)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (8: Texas collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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