Rallacosta xystica Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae

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

Sister taxa: Rallacosta actina, Rallacosta heshanensis, Rallacosta imporcata, Rallacosta laminata

Type specimen: USNM 152976e, a valve (Dorsal valve). Its type locality is USNM703b, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM703b, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains

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