†Alexenia occidentalis Cooper 1957 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1957. Permian brachiopods from central Oregon. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions 134(12):1-79
Belongs to Alexenia according to G. A. Cooper 1957
Sister taxa: Alexenia alta, Alexenia gratiodentalis, Alexenia mucronata, Alexenia protexta, Alexenia subquadrata
Type specimen: USNM 125350. Its type locality is UO 638, Suplee Anticline, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Coyote Butte Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (17: Oregon collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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