†Aulacella elliptica Cooper and Dutro 1982 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro. 1982. Devonian brachiopods of New Mexico. Bulletins of American Paleontology 82-83(315):1-125
Belongs to Aulacella according to G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982
Sister taxa: Aulacella interlineata, Aulacella manticula
Type specimen: USNM 200885, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Loc. 506c. 3 miles due east of School for Blind at north edge of Alamogordo (Devonian of New Mexico)
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