Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Full reference: B.J. Chronic. 1949. Invertebrate paleontology (excepting fuslinids and corals). Upper Paleozoic of Peru 46-173
Belongs to Echinoconchus according to J. Chronic 1953
See also Chronic 1949
Sister taxa: Echinoconchus alternatus, Echinoconchus angustus, Echinoconchus biseriatus, Echinoconchus defensus, Echinoconchus elegans, Echinoconchus genevievensis, Echinoconchus macalaensis, Echinoconchus mapingensis, Echinoconchus punctatus, Echinoconchus rodeoensis, Echinoconchus subsulcatus, Echinoconchus taimyrensis, Echinoconchus zapoteco
Type specimen: AMNH 26946/1:4, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is AMNH297, Bed 13, Cerro Ampáy section 7, Abancáy, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at AMNH297, Bed 13, Cerro Ampáy section 7, Abancáy
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