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 B. S. Kues 1995
See also Cooper and Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Tautosia angulata, Tautosia distorta, Tautosia elegans, Tautosia expansa, Tautosia fastigiata, Tautosia galbina, Tautosia lenumbona, Tautosia magnisepta, Tautosia pulchra, Tautosia shumardiana, Tautosia transenna, Tautosia zhinanensis
Type specimen: USNM 152839c, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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