Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
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 Heterelasma according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Dielasma (Heterelasma) semitarium, Heterelasma angulatum, Heterelasma concavum, Heterelasma contrerasi, Heterelasma geniculatum, Heterelasma gibbosum, Heterelasma glansfagea, Heterelasma lenticularia, Heterelasma magnum, Heterelasma ngariensis, Heterelasma pentagonum, Heterelasma quadratum, Heterelasma shumardianum, Heterelasma solidum, Heterelasma sulciplicatum, Heterelasma venustulum
Type specimen: USNM 154337, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM702, Split Tank, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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