Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607
Belongs to Phrenophoria according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Phrenophoria anterocostata, Phrenophoria bicostata, Phrenophoria compressa, Phrenophoria corpulenta, Phrenophoria depressa, Phrenophoria irregularis, Phrenophoria nesiotes, Phrenophoria nudumbona, Phrenophoria pentagonalis, Phrenophoria perplexa, Phrenophoria pinguiformis, Phrenophoria pinguis, Phrenophoria planifrons, Phrenophoria planiventra, Phrenophoria repugnans, Phrenophoria subcarinata, Phrenophoria ventricosa, Phrenophoria vetula
Type specimen: USNM 152827a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at AMNH678, Cutoff Mountain, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of Texas)
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