†Plectelasma planidorsatum Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
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 Plectelasma according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Plectelasma dubium, Plectelasma guadalupense, Plectelasma kingi, Plectelasma nitidum
Type specimen: USNM 153357, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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