Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Alternative combinations: Pugnax elegans, Pugnoides elegans, Wellerella elegans
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651
Belongs to Tautosia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
See also King 1931, Stehli 1954 and Walter 1953
Sister taxa: Tautosia angulata, Tautosia distorta, Tautosia expansa, Tautosia fastigiata, Tautosia galbina, Tautosia lenumbona, Tautosia magnisepta, Tautosia podistra, Tautosia pulchra, Tautosia shumardiana, Tautosia transenna, Tautosia zhinanensis
Type specimen: USNM 118565, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (33: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
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