Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Opikina according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Opikina clara, Opikina expatiata, Opikina extensa, Opikina glabella, Opikina nasuta, Opikina parvula, Opikina platys, Opikina rugosa, Opikina septata, Opikina varia
Type specimen: USNM 117817a. Its type locality is Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone in the Arline Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville
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