Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Alternative combination: Chonetes spinoliratus
Full reference: R. E. King. 1931. The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas, Part II, Faunal summary and correlation of the Permian formations with description of Brachiopoda. The University of Texas Bulletin 3042:1-245
Belongs to Chonetinella according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975
See also King 1931
Sister taxa: Chonetinella ainimi, Chonetinella baomoshanensis, Chonetinella biplicata, Chonetinella ciboloensis, Chonetinella crassiparva, Chonetinella flemingi, Chonetinella gerontica, Chonetinella gibberulus, Chonetinella granti, Chonetinella intercalata, Chonetinella iwakiensis, Chonetinella krotovi, Chonetinella lengwuensis, Chonetinella makovi, Chonetinella noenygaardi, Chonetinella parva, Chonetinella shanaensis, Chonetinella sinuata, Chonetinella taimyrensis, Chonetinella transversa, Chonetinella unisulcata, Chonetinella uralica, Chonetinella verneuilana, Chonetinella volitanliopsis
Type specimen: Its type locality is R.E. King 91a, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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