Cenorhynchia saginata Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

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 Cenorhynchia according to J. A. Spielmann et al. 2005

See also Cooper and Grant 1976 and Kues 1995

Sister taxa: Cenorhynchia atmeta, Cenorhynchia camerata, Cenorhynchia fracida, Cenorhynchia hebata, Cenorhynchia mitigata, Cenorhynchia nasuta, Cenorhynchia parvula, Cenorhynchia pentagonalis, Cenorhynchia transversa, Cenorhynchia triangulata, Cenorhynchia unicostata, Cenorhynchia ventricosa

Type specimen: USNM 148212j, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (15: New Mexico, Texas collections)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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