Septacamera opitula Grant 1971 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Full reference: R. E. Grant. 1971. Taxonomy and autecology of two arctic Permian rhynchonellid brachiopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 3:313-335

Belongs to Septacamera according to R. E. Grant 1971

Sister taxa: Septacamera kolymica, Septacamera kutorgae, Septacamera pybensis, Septacamera stupenda, Septacamera triangulata

Type specimen: GSC 13737, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is GSC 26406, Lyall River, Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island, which is in a Roadian offshore shelf sandstone/limestone in the Assistance Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (3: Nunavut collections), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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