Pirgulia Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae

Invalid subtaxa: Lyttonia (Pirgula) de Gregorio 1930 [replaced name], Pirgula de Gregorio 1930 [replaced name]

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and H. M. Muir-Wood. 1951. Brachiopod homonyms. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41:195-196

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

See also Branson 1948, Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951, de Gregorio 1930 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cardinocrania, Collemataria, Coscinophora, Eolyttonia, Gubleria, Keyserlingina, Leptodus, Loxophragmus, Matanoleptodus, Oldhamina, Oldhaminella, Pararigbyella, Petasmaia

Subtaxa: Pirgulia conica Pirgulia pedicula

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Italy (1 collection), Thailand (1), Tunisia (2)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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