†Eremotoechia silicica Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Eremotoechia according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Cooper 1956 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Eremotoechia alabamensis, Eremotoechia cloudi, Eremotoechia inchoata, Eremotoechia spissa
Type specimen: USNM 117322a, a valve (brachial valve)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (2: Alabama, Tennessee collections)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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