Hercothyris semiradiata Cooper 1979 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1979. Tertiary and Cretaceous Brachiopods from Cuba and the Caribbean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 37:1-45

Belongs to Hercothyris according to G. A. Cooper 1979

Sister taxon: Hercothyris borroi

Type specimen: USNM 549398a. Its type locality is Palmer Loc. 1640, Juan Criollo, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Cuba.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Palmer Loc. 1640, Juan Criollo

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