Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159
Belongs to Acosarina according to J. I. Tazawa et al. 2022
See also Cooper and Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Acosarina antesulcata, Acosarina baylorensis, Acosarina circular, Acosarina dorashamensis, Acosarina fecunda, Acosarina grandis, Acosarina incisiva, Acosarina janiceps, Acosarina juresanensis, Acosarina mesoplatys, Acosarina minuta, Acosarina monocosta, Acosarina rectimarginata, Acosarina regularis, Acosarina tumita
Type specimen: USNM 150247a, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at MZD3, lower Mizuyagadani Valley (Permian of Japan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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