Calvinaria bransoni Stainbrook 1948 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae

Full reference: M. A. Stainbrook. 1948. Age and correlation of the Devonian Sly Gap Beds near Alamogordo, New Mexico. American Journal of Science 246(12):765-790

Belongs to Calvinaria according to G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982

See also Stainbrook 1948

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 135269, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (5: Iowa, New Mexico collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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