Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Alternative combination: Crurithyris inflata
Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358
Belongs to Orbicoelia according to Z. Q. Chen and G. R. Shi 2006
See also Cooper and Grant 1976 and Stehli 1954
Sister taxa: Orbicoelia comcincta, Orbicoelia cordata, Orbicoelia dolomitensis, Orbicoelia elongatiformis, Orbicoelia extima, Orbicoelia flabelliformis, Orbicoelia fraterculus, Orbicoelia guadalupensis, Orbicoelia magna, Orbicoelia tholiaphor, Orbicoelia tschernyschewi, Orbicoelia tumibilis
Type specimen: AMNH 27323/1:1
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (4: Texas)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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