Schuchertella percha Stainbrook 1947 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Alternative combination: Schellwienella percha

Full reference: M. A. Stainbrook. 1947. Brachiopoda of the Percha Shale of New Mexico and Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 21:297-328

Belongs to Schuchertella according to A. L. Stigall Rode 2005

See also Cooper and Dutro 1982 and Stainbrook 1947

Sister taxa: Schuchertella bassa, Schuchertella beyrichi, Schuchertella bowdenensis, Schuchertella cooperi, Schuchertella costatula, Schuchertella fernglenensis, Schuchertella fushuiensis, Schuchertella gelaohoensis, Schuchertella guizhouensis, Schuchertella haraganensis, Schuchertella humboldtensis, Schuchertella lens, Schuchertella luliangensis, Schuchertella magna, Schuchertella missouriensis, Schuchertella nevadaensis, Schuchertella probabilis, Schuchertella propinqua, Schuchertella quryatensis, Schuchertella radialis, Schuchertella resupinata, Schuchertella rubra, Schuchertella semiplana, Schuchertella shenshuensis, Schuchertella subvexa, Schuchertella tapina, Streptorhynchus (Schuchertella) asperulus, Streptorhynchus (Schuchertella) praeceps

Type specimen: M. A. S. 1593, a shell.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (6: New Mexico)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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