Choanodus Cooper and Grant 1974 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1974. Permian brachiopods of West Texas, II. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 15:233-793

Parent taxon: Poikilosakinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adriana, Poikilosakos, Pseudoleptodus, Sceletonia

Subtaxa: Choanodus anomalus Choanodus irregularis Choanodus perfectus

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Type: Choanodus irregularis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (31: Texas collections)

Total: 31 collections including 43 occurrences

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