Productus mexicanus Shumard 1858 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: B. F. Shumard. 1858. Notice of new fossils from the Permian strata of New Mexico and Texas, collected by Dr. George G. Shumard, geologist of the United States Government expedition for obtaining water by means of artesian wells along the 32nd parallel, under the direction of Capt John Pope, US Corps Topographic Engineers. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 1:290-297

Belongs to Productus according to B. F. Shumard 1859

See also Shumard 1858

Sister taxa: Producta dubia, Producta tenuicincta, Productus (Buxtonia), Productus (Ruthenia), Productus (Septoproductus), Productus acutauritus, Productus anomalus, Productus calhounianus, Productus carbonarius, Productus chamishkjensis, Productus chandlessii, Productus coelestis, Productus concinnus, Productus concinnus, Productus dissimilis, Productus dowhatensis, Productus duplicicostatus, Productus flemingii, Productus frami, Productus geinitzianus, Productus germanicus, Productus incertus, Productus insolitus, Productus lidarensis, Productus lobatus, Productus longus, Productus narastanensis, Productus norwoodii, Productus parvus, Productus phillipsi, Productus plicatilis, Productus praepermicus, Productus productus, Productus radula, Productus redesdalensis, Productus reticulatus, Productus robinsoni, Productus scabriculus, Productus semireticularis, Productus semistriatus, Productus sensimicostatus, Productus spitiensis, Productus splendens, Productus stuckenbergi, Productus undulatus, Productus yunnanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is White limestone of the Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (2: New Mexico, Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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