Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Alternative combination: Spirifer (Neospirifer) costella
Full reference: R. E. King. 1931. The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas, Part II, Faunal summary and correlation of the Permian formations with description of Brachiopoda. The University of Texas Bulletin 3042:1-245
Belongs to Lepidospirifer according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
See also Cooper and Grant 1976 and King 1931
Sister taxa: Lepidospirifer angulatus, Lepidospirifer demissus, Lepidospirifer inferus, Lepidospirifer miyakei
Type specimen: YPM 12437, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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