Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1979. Tertiary and Cretaceous Brachiopods from Cuba and the Caribbean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 37:1-45
Belongs to Tichosina according to G. A. Cooper 1979
Sister taxa: Tichosina abrupta, Tichosina bahamiensis, Tichosina barschi, Tichosina bartletti, Tichosina cubensis, Tichosina erecta, Tichosina expansa, Tichosina floridensis, Tichosina foresti, Tichosina guppyi, Tichosina inconstanta, Tichosina lecta, Tichosina martinicensis, Tichosina ovata, Tichosina rotundovata, Tichosina subtriangulata, Tichosina trinitatensis, Tichosina truncata
Type specimen: USNM 550334. Its type locality is USNM Loc. 818b, Marroqui, which is in an Eocene marine conglomerate in the Taguasco Formation of Cuba.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM Loc. 818b, Marroqui
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