†Hesperotrophia (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae
Parent taxon: Syntrophopsinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Altunella, Bobinella, Palaeostrophia, Plectotrophia, Rhysostrophia, Syntrophopsis, Tcharella
Subtaxa: Hesperotrophia obscura
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at northeast shoulder of Fossil Mountain, 8.7 miles northeast of Lake Louise (Ordovician of Alberta)
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