Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Tritoechiidae
Full reference: L. E. Popov, O. Vinn, and O. I. Nikitina. 2001. Brachiopods of the redefined family Tritoechiidae from the Ordovician of Kazakhstan and South Urals. Geobios 34(2):131-155
Belongs to Pomatotrema according to O. I. Nikitina et al. 2006
See also Popov et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Pomatotrema inconspicuum, Pomatotrema oklahomense, Pomatotrema orbicularis, Pomatotrema transversum
Type specimen: USNM 485064. Its type locality is Locality 133. 4 kilometers southwest of Alakul Lake, which is in an Abereiddian open shallow subtidal limestone/siltstone in the Alakul Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Kazakhstan (10 collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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