Perimecocoelia Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Camerellidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Parent taxon: Camerellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bleshidium, Brevicamera, Camerella, Idiostrophia, Karakulina, Kokomerena, Liricamera, Llanoella, Neostrophia, Plectocamara, Plectosyntrophia, Psilocamerella, Rhynchocamara, Tuloja, Xizangostrophia

Subtaxa: Perimecocoelia semicostata

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Type: Perimecocoelia semicostata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama collection)

• Ordovician of United States (4: Alaska, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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