†Hesperinia kirki Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Hesperinia according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Hesperinia asturica, Hesperinia sinensis
Type specimen: USNM 117626a, a shell. Its type locality is Monument Canyon, Ely Springs Range, west of Pioche, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone in the Tank Hill Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Monument Canyon, Ely Springs Range, west of Pioche
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