Cranaena sullivanti Hall 1867 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cranaenidae

Alternative combinations: Eunella sullivanti, Terebratula sullivanti

Belongs to Cranaena according to R. A. Doescher 1981

See also Hall 1867 and Kindle 1900

Sister taxa: Cranaena circularis, Cranaena concava, Cranaena dorsisulcata, Cranaena globosa, Cranaena hannibalensis, Cranaena lincklaeni, Cranaena romingeri, Cranaena texana, Eunella harmonia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pipe Creek Falls, 2 miles above where stream enters Wabash River (Devonian of Indiana)

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