†Holosia ovalis Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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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 Holosia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Holosia ovoidea, Holosia regularis
Type specimen: USNM 152833c, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM707e, Sullivan Peak, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM707e, Sullivan Peak, Glass Mountains
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