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 Tautosia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Tautosia angulata, Tautosia elegans, Tautosia expansa, Tautosia fastigiata, Tautosia galbina, Tautosia lenumbona, Tautosia magnisepta, Tautosia podistra, Tautosia pulchra, Tautosia shumardiana, Tautosia transenna, Tautosia zhinanensis
Type specimen: USNM 153488a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM727j, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)
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