Plicatoria parva Cooper 1988 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1988. Some Tertiary Brachiopods of the East Coast of the United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (64)1-27

Belongs to Plicatoria according to G. A. Cooper 1988

Sister taxa: Plicatoria ventricosa, Plicatoria wilmingtonensis, Embolosia sphenoidea

Type specimen: USNM 551529a. Its type locality is USGS 25169, 25170, 25859 (Santee LS, S. Carolina), which is in a Bartonian marine wackestone/grainstone in the Santee Limestone Formation of South Carolina.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS 25169, 25170, 25859 (Santee LS, S. Carolina)

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