Echinoconchus zapoteco Torres-Martínez and Sour-Tovar 2012 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Full reference: M. A. Torres-Martínez and F. Sour-Tovar. 2012. Nuevos braquiópodos prodúctidos (Rhynchonelliformea, Strophomenata) del Carbonífero de la región de Nochixtlán, Oaxaca. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 29(3):696-712

Belongs to Echinoconchus according to M. A. Torres-Martínez and F. Sour-Tovar 2012

Sister taxa: Echinoconchus alternatus, Echinoconchus angustus, Echinoconchus biseriatus, Echinoconchus defensus, Echinoconchus elegans, Echinoconchus genevievensis, Echinoconchus macalaensis, Echinoconchus mapingensis, Echinoconchus pelliceus, Echinoconchus punctatus, Echinoconchus rodeoensis, Echinoconchus subsulcatus, Echinoconchus taimyrensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Arroyo de Las Pulgas-4 (Carboniferous of Mexico)

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