Arctitreta pearyi Whitfield 1908 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1908. Notes and observations on Carboniferous fossils and semifossil shells brought home by members of the Peary expedition of 1905-1906. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(2):51-58

Belongs to Arctitreta according to R. P. Whitfield 1908

Sister taxa: Arctitreta bapensis, Arctitreta bioni, Arctitreta costellata, Arctitreta crassimurus, Arctitreta intercalata, Arctitreta kempei, Arctitreta macrocardinalis, Arctitreta peelensis, Arctitreta pelicanensis, Arctitreta percostata, Arctitreta plicatilis, Arctitreta triangularis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Permian marine limestone in Canada

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island

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