Pachyglossella dorsiconvexa Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Alternative combination: Pachyglossa dorsiconvexa

Belongs to Pachyglossella according to J. Hansen and L. E. Holmer 2011

See also Cooper 1956 and Cooper 1960

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 116758a. Its type locality is 0.2 miles southeast of Pratt Ferry, which is in a Chazyan open shallow subtidal limestone in the Pratt Ferry Formation of Alabama.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 0.2 miles southeast of Pratt Ferry

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