Wilberrya Yancey 1978 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Eudoxinidae

Full reference: T. E. Yancey. 1978. Brachiopods and mollusca of the Lower Permian Arcturus Group, Nevada and Utah, Part 1: brachiopods, scaphopods, rostroconchs, and bivalves. Bulletins of American Paleontology 74(303):257-367

Parent taxon: Eudoxinidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Costicrura, Eudoxina, Paulonia

Subtaxa: Wilberrya fragilis

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Type: Wilberrya fragilis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (8: Alaska, Nevada collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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