Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptodontellidae
Alternative combination: Strophodonta calvini
Full reference: S. A. Miller. 1883. The American Palaeozoic fossils: a catalogue of the genera and species, with names of authors, dates, places of publication, groups of books in which found, and the etymology and signifcation of the words, and an introduction devoted to the stratigraphical geology of the Palaeozoic rocks 247-334
Belongs to Sulcatostrophia according to G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982
See also Miller 1883, Stainbrook 1945 and Walcott 1884
Sister taxon: Sulcatostrophia euglyphea
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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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