Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1889. Description of a new genus and species of inarticulate brachiopod from the Trenton Limestone. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 12:365-366
Belongs to Conotreta according to L. E. Holmer 2000
See also Walcott 1889
Sister taxa: Conotreta apicalis, Conotreta chernovi, Conotreta conoidea, Conotreta convexa, Conotreta cuspidata, Conotreta davidsoni, Conotreta lepton, Conotreta mica, Conotreta millardensis, Conotreta orbicularis, Conotreta plana, Conotreta siljanensis
Type specimen: USNM 18443a, a valve (ventral valve). Its type locality is 62B-Tr-108, which is in a Mohawkian carbonate limestone in the Denmark Formation of New York.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 62B-Tr-108
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