Arionthia blothrhachis Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae

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 Arionthia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976

Sister taxa: Arionthia alata, Arionthia germana, Arionthia lamaria, Arionthia polypleura

Type specimen: USNM 153130c, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM706, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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