†Glyptomena sculpturata Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Glyptomena according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Glyptomena brumalis, Glyptomena distans, Glyptomena karasuensis, Glyptomena kaskolica, Glyptomena onerosa, Glyptomena prisca, Glyptomena rugulosa, Glyptomena trippi
Type specimen: USNM II 78S6c. Its type locality is 1.2 miles S. 310 E. of Sharon Springs, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Chatham Hill Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 1.2 miles S. 310 E. of Sharon Springs
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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