Atelelasma dorsoconvexum Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Atelelasma according to G. A. Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Atelelasma decorticatum, Atelelasma longisulcum, Atelelasma multicosta, Atelelasma perfectum, Atelelasma primotica, Atelelasma subdorsoconvexum

Type specimen: Its type locality is 2½ miles southeast of Riceville, Calhoun, which is in an Ashbyan marine shale in the Edinburg Formation of Tennessee

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (2: Tennessee collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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