†Texarina elongata Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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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 Texarina according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Texarina oblongata, Texarina parallela, Texarina paucula, Texarina solita, Texarina wordensis
Type specimen: USNM 153418a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (14: Texas collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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