†Manespira elongata Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Protozygidae
Alternative combination: Protozyga elongata
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Manespira according to P. Copper 1986
See also Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Manespira costata, Manespira diversa, Manespira magnicostata, Manespira nicolleti, Manespira rotunda
Type specimen: USNM 117241a, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Oklahoma collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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