†Arionthia Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159
Parent taxon: Punctospirellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Laioporella, Punctospirella, Xestotrema
Subtaxa: Arionthia alata Arionthia blothrhachis Arionthia germana Arionthia lamaria Arionthia polypleura
Type: Arionthia blothrhachis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (3 collections), Thailand (1), United States (45: New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 49 collections including 55 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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