†Sarganostega prisca Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Sarganostegidae
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 Sarganostega according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Sarganostega murata, Sarganostega pressa, Sarganostega pyramidalis, Sarganostega transversalis
Type specimen: USNM 153168b, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at AMNH369, Shirttail Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of Texas)
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