Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Alternative combination: Crurithyris tholiaphor
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 Orbicoelia according to Z. Q. Chen and G. R. Shi 2006
See also Cooper and Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Orbicoelia comcincta, Orbicoelia cordata, Orbicoelia dolomitensis, Orbicoelia elongatiformis, Orbicoelia extima, Orbicoelia flabelliformis, Orbicoelia fraterculus, Orbicoelia guadalupensis, Orbicoelia inflata, Orbicoelia magna, Orbicoelia tschernyschewi, Orbicoelia tumibilis
Type specimen: USNM 152445k
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (15: Texas collections)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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