Composita enormis Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607

Belongs to Composita according to M. A. Torres-Martínez et al. 2019

See also Cooper and Grant 1976

Sister taxa: Athyris (Composita) indosinensis, Athyris (Composita) semirostrata, Composita affinis, Composita apheles, Composita apsidata, Composita argentea, Composita bamberi, Composita biforma, Composita bucculenta, Composita costata, Composita cracens, Composita crassa, Composita depressa, Composita discina, Composita elongata, Composita emarginata, Composita girtyi, Composita globosa, Composita grandis, Composita hapsida, Composita huagongensis, Composita idahoensis, Composita imbricata, Composita insulcata, Composita jogensis, Composita laevis, Composita lewisensis, Composita magnicarina, Composita mexicana, Composita minuscula, Composita mira, Composita misriensis, Composita nucella, Composita obesa, Composita ovata, Composita parasulcata, Composita pikensis, Composita pilula, Composita plana, Composita prospera, Composita pyriformis, Composita quadrirotunda, Composita quantilla, Composita rotunda, Composita sigma, Composita stalagmium, Composita strongyle, Composita subcircularis, Composita subquadrata, Composita subtilita, Composita sulcata, Composita tareica, Composita tetralobata, Composita tobaensis, Composita trinuclea

Type specimen: USNM 153020d, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (2 collections), United States (27: Texas)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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