Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

Alternative combination: Cancrinella expansa

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921

Belongs to Costatumulus according to W. Z. Li et al. 2012

See also Cooper and Grant 1975

Sister taxa: Costatumulus altissima, Costatumulus amosi, Costatumulus bolchovitinovae, Costatumulus caparayensis, Costatumulus capillatus, Costatumulus circularis, Costatumulus crassicostatina, Costatumulus distortus, Costatumulus dongpanensis, Costatumulus farleyensis, Costatumulus fragosa, Costatumulus germanicus, Costatumulus halli, Costatumulus irwinensis, Costatumulus meritus, Costatumulus minor, Costatumulus occidentalis, Costatumulus papilionata, Costatumulus polliciformis, Costatumulus prolongata, Costatumulus sahnii, Costatumulus shengmiensis, Costatumulus sidorkini, Costatumulus tazawai, Costatumulus tumidus, Costatumulus villiersi, Costatumulus yanagidae

Type specimen: USNM 153856b, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is USNM706b, Hess Canyon, Glass Mtns., which is in a Wordian offshore shelf packstone/wackestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM706b, Hess Canyon, Glass Mtns.

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