Vex Hoover 1979 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Full reference: P. R. Hoover. 1979. Early Triassic Terebratulid brachiopods from the western interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1057:1-21

Parent taxon: Terebratulidina according to A. Williams et al. 2007

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cancellothyridoidea, Compositelasmatoidea, Cryptonelloidea, Dielasmatoidea, Dyscolioidea, Falciferula, Goliathyris, Loboidothyridoidea, Mayaothyris, Orthotomidae, Pseudorhaetina, Stringocephaloidea, Terebratuloidea, Zenobiathyridae, Zenobiathyris

Subtaxa: Vex semisimplex

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (12: Idaho, Nevada, Utah collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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