Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1938. Middle Cambrian fossils from Pend Oreille Lake, Idaho. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 97(3):1-12
Belongs to Acrothele according to C. E. Resser 1938
Sister taxa: Acrothele (Redlichella), Acrothele affinis, Acrothele artemis, Acrothele bellapunctata, Acrothele bellula, Acrothele bergeroni, Acrothele borgholmensis, Acrothele concava, Acrothele coriacea, Acrothele decipiens, Acrothele dichotoma, Acrothele levisensis, Acrothele minuta, Acrothele primaeva, Acrothele rarus, Acrothele sougyi, Acrothele spinulosa, Acrothele subsidua, Acrothele turneri, Acrothele woodworthi, Acrothele yorkensis, Dearbornia clarki
Type specimen: USNM 95023. Its type locality is Locality 37n (Pend Oreille Lake), which is in a Cambrian carbonate limestone/shale in the Lakeview Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Locality 37n (Pend Oreille Lake)
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