Argyrotheca laevis Cooper 1988 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

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 Argyrotheca according to G. A. Cooper 1988

Sister taxa: Argyrotheca aequicostata, Argyrotheca ageriana, Argyrotheca alavensis, Argyrotheca altavillensis, Argyrotheca andina, Argyrotheca angulata, Argyrotheca anomala, Argyrotheca arguta, Argyrotheca australis, Argyrotheca barrettiana, Argyrotheca batalleri, Argyrotheca beecheri, Argyrotheca bermudana, Argyrotheca bermudezi, Argyrotheca bitnerae, Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca cistellula, Argyrotheca clevei, Argyrotheca collardi, Argyrotheca coniuncta, Argyrotheca costulata, Argyrotheca crassa, Argyrotheca cuneata, Argyrotheca cyrtiniformis, Argyrotheca dalli, Argyrotheca grandicostata, Argyrotheca hewatti, Argyrotheca hirundo, Argyrotheca inconstans, Argyrotheca intercalata, Argyrotheca jacksoni, Argyrotheca johnsoni, Argyrotheca kupei, Argyrotheca lacunosa, Argyrotheca londinensis, Argyrotheca lowei, Argyrotheca lunula, Argyrotheca lutea, Argyrotheca macneili, Argyrotheca magnicostata, Argyrotheca mayi, Argyrotheca megalocephala, Argyrotheca megapora, Argyrotheca michelottina, Argyrotheca microscopica, Argyrotheca obourgensis, Argyrotheca peculiaris, Argyrotheca piperipyxis, Argyrotheca plana, Argyrotheca plicata, Argyrotheca popielae, Argyrotheca quadrata, Argyrotheca ramshehensis, Argyrotheca retrorsa, Argyrotheca rubrocostata, Argyrotheca rubrotincta, Argyrotheca sabandensis, Argyrotheca sabaratensis, Argyrotheca schrammi, Argyrotheca semicostata, Argyrotheca semicostata, Argyrotheca serrata, Argyrotheca somaliensis, Argyrotheca squamata, Argyrotheca stevensis, Argyrotheca subcordata, Argyrotheca sublamellosa, Argyrotheca thurmanni, Argyrotheca tokodensis, Argyrotheca woodwardiana, Argyrotheca zenobiae, Cistellarcula wrigleyi, Cistellarcula dubia

Type specimen: USNM 551506a, a shell. Its type locality is Giant Portland Cement Quarry, which is in a Priabonian carbonate limestone in the Tupelo Bay Formation of South Carolina.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Giant Portland Cement Quarry

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