Lissochonetes parvisulcatus Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

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

Sister taxa: Lissochonetes amazonicus, Lissochonetes assula, Lissochonetes avicula, Lissochonetes bipartita, Lissochonetes geinitzianus, Lissochonetes geronticus, Lissochonetes koksuensis, Lissochonetes latus, Lissochonetes magnus, Lissochonetes morahensis, Lissochonetes rotundatus, Lissochonetes superba, Lissochonetes tareiaensis, Lissochonetes taubensis

Type specimen: USNM 151993a, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM701p, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains (Carboniferous of Texas)

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