Thedusia trigonalis Girty 1908 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

Alternative combination: Hustedia trigonalis

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651

Belongs to Thedusia according to T. A. Grunt 1986

See also Cooper and Grant 1976

Sister taxa: Thedusia angustata, Thedusia biconvexa, Thedusia bucrenata, Thedusia dischides, Thedusia discissa, Thedusia emarginata, Thedusia latisulcata, Thedusia magna, Thedusia mesocostata, Thedusia paucicostata, Thedusia procera, Thedusia ventricosa

Type specimen: USNM 118616a, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (32: Texas collections)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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