†Lacazella nana Cooper 1988 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecideidae
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 Lacazella according to G. A. Cooper 1988
Sister taxa: Lacazella (Bifolium), Lacazella caribbeanensis, Lacazella mauritiana, Lacazella mediterranea, Lacazella novazelandiae
Type specimen: USNM 549362a, a shell. Its type locality is NW1/4 Section 12 in Henry County, which is in a Selandian carbonate limestone/siltstone in the Clayton Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at NW1/4 Section 12 in Henry County
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