Chondronia parva Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

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

Sister taxa: Chondronia bella, Chondronia hiroshimensis, Chondronia ningula, Chondronia obesa, Chondronia ovalis, Chondronia rectimarginata

Type specimen: USNM 153390a, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM707w, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM707w, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains

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