Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
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 Thedusia according to M. A. Torres-MartÃnez et al. 2019
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 trigonalis
Type specimen: USNM 154503, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (27: Texas)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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