Perimecocoelia semicostata Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Camerellidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Perimecocoelia according to C. M. O. Rasmussen et al. 2012

See also Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 117159b

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (3: Alaska, Virginia collections)

• Chazy of United States (1: Alabama)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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