Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Synonyms: Playfairia pulchra Butts 1926, Ptychoglyptus pulchrus Butts 1926
Full reference: B. Willard. 1928. The brachiopods of the Ottosee and Holston formations of Tennessee and Virginia. Bulletin of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology 68:255-292
Belongs to Ptychoglyptus according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Butts 1926, Cocks 2005, Cooper 1956, Lehman and Pope 1989, Rozman and Severgina 1983, Willard 1928 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Ptychoglyptus alaensis, Ptychoglyptus bellarugosus, Ptychoglyptus ingenuus, Ptychoglyptus irregularis, Ptychoglyptus pauciradiatus, Ptychoglyptus virginensis
Type specimens:
- Ptychoglyptus virginiensis: M.C.Z8626, a shell.
- Ptychoglyptus pulchrus: USNM 71475, a shell.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Virginia)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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