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 incomitata, Phrenophoria irregularis, Phrenophoria nesiotes, Phrenophoria nudumbona, Phrenophoria pentagonalis, Phrenophoria perplexa, Phrenophoria pinguiformis, Phrenophoria pinguis, Phrenophoria planiventra, Phrenophoria repugnans, Phrenophoria subcarinata, Phrenophoria ventricosa, Phrenophoria vetula
Type specimen: USNM 148378a, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM702b, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM702b, Split Tank, Glass Mountains
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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