Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Alternative combination: Strophomena planobesa
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Tetraphalerella according to C. M. O. Rasmussen et al. 2012
See also Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Strophomena (Tetraphalerella) cooperi, Strophomena (Tetraphalerella) namasensis, Tetraphalerella bestiubensis, Tetraphalerella churchillensis, Tetraphalerella costellata, Tetraphalerella hecuba, Tetraphalerella musculosa, Tetraphalerella neglecta, Tetraphalerella planodorsata
Type specimen: USNM 117740f, a shell. Its type locality is Crystal Creek, 5 miles south of Pikesville, Sequatchie Valley, which is in an Ashbyan shallow subtidal wackestone/packstone in the Murfreesboro Limestone Formation of Tennessee.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), United States (4: Alaska, Tennessee)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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