Sulcatostrophia calvini Miller 1883 (lamp shell)

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)

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