Streptorhynchus shumardianus Swallow 1858 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Belongs to Streptorhynchus according to Swallow 1858

Sister taxa: Streptorhynchus broilii, Streptorhynchus capuloides, Streptorhynchus conicus, Streptorhynchus costatus, Streptorhynchus craticulatus, Streptorhynchus cyrano, Streptorhynchus hoskingae, Streptorhynchus huangi, Streptorhynchus inaequiornatus, Streptorhynchus jilinensis, Streptorhynchus johnstonei, Streptorhynchus kayseri, Streptorhynchus khwaense, Streptorhynchus lenticularis, Streptorhynchus liuricus, Streptorhynchus longlinensis, Streptorhynchus longyangensis, Streptorhynchus luluigui, Streptorhynchus memor, Streptorhynchus minor, Streptorhynchus minutum, Streptorhynchus mistus, Streptorhynchus operculatus, Streptorhynchus ovata, Streptorhynchus pajkhoicus, Streptorhynchus pelargonatus, Streptorhynchus pendulus, Streptorhynchus perfidiabadensis, Streptorhynchus plata, Streptorhynchus reliquus, Streptorhynchus ruginosum, Streptorhynchus shanensis, Streptorhynchus sibiricus, Streptorhynchus sinuatum, Streptorhynchus stoschensis, Streptorhynchus sulculatum, Streptorhynchus tenuicostatum, Streptorhynchus tenuiplicatus, Streptorhynchus tibetanus, Streptorhynchus tuquanensis, Streptorhynchus turbineus, Streptorhynchus ulrichi, Streptorhynchus variabilis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sandstone towards base of Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of Texas)

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