†Kuvelousia leptosa Waterhouse 1968 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1968. New species of Megousia Muir-Wood and Cooper and allied new genus from the Permian of Australia and North America. Journal of Paleontology 42(5):1171-1185
Belongs to Kuvelousia according to B. R. Wardlaw 1977
See also Waterhouse 1968
Sister taxa: Kuvelousia sphiva, Kuvelousia weyprechti
Type specimen: USNM 151591j. Its type locality is Cornucopia Quadrangle, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in Oregon.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (21: Nevada, Oregon, Utah collections)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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