Thecidellina alabamensis Cooper 1988 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae

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 Thecidellina according to G. A. Cooper 1988

Sister taxa: Thecidellina bahamiensis, Thecidellina barretti, Thecidellina blochmanni, Thecidellina congregata, Thecidellina japonica, Thecidellina maxilla, Thecidellina minuta, Thecidellina persica, Thecidellina williamsi

Type specimen: USNM 550815a, 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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