Oepikina septata Salmon 1942 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Full reference: E. S. Salmon. 1942. Mohawkian Rafinesquinae. Journal of Paleontology 16(5):564-603

Belongs to Oepikina according to C. R. Congreve et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is U.S. Highway 70N, opposite Fairview Service Station, 1/2 mile west of Rome, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate packstone/grainstone in the Lebanon Formation of Tennessee.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at U.S. Highway 70N, opposite Fairview Service Station, 1/2 mile west of Rome

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