Plectocamara 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, Perimecocoelia, Plectosyntrophia, Psilocamerella, Rhynchocamara, Tuloja, Xizangostrophia

Subtaxa: Plectocamara costata Plectocamara extenuata

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Type: Plectocamara costata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (8: Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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