Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) varicostellata Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Alternative combination: Sowerbyella varicostellata

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

Belongs to Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014

See also Cooper 1956 and Williams 1962

Sister taxa: Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) aequistriatus, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) akdombakensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) ampla, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) antiqua, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) eha, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) elusa, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) forumi, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) intricata, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) monilifera, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) monilifera, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) multipartita, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) musculosa, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) oepiki, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) papiliuncula, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) rectangularis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) rukavishnikovae, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sericea, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sinensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) soudleyensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) tenera, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) trivia

Type specimen: USNM 117532a, a valve (brachial valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (2: Tennessee collections)

• Llandeilo of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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