Lowenstamia texana Stehli 1961 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae

Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1961. New genera of upper Paleozoic terebratuloids. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):457-466

Belongs to Lowenstamia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976

See also Stehli 1961

Sister taxa: Lowenstamia ampla, Lowenstamia gegyaiensis

Type specimen: CIT 5965. Its type locality is San Angelo Junction, Coleman, which is in a Sakmarian shallow subtidal limestone in the Coleman Junction Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at San Angelo Junction, Coleman

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