Iotina Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmatheridae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607

Parent taxon: Petasmatheridae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Elassonia, Petasmatherus, Ptygmactrum

Subtaxa: Iotina minuta

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Type: Iotina minuta

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at AMNH591, Black John Canyon, Sierra Diablo (Permian of Texas)

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