Acrobelesia Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dyscoliidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290

Parent taxon: Aenigmathyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Abyssothyris, Aenigmathyris, Ceramisia, Faksethyris, Xenobrochus

Subtaxa: Acrobelesia cooperi

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Type: Acrobelesia cooperi

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acrobelesia in the database

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