Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Rhipidomena according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Rhipidomena fillocostellata, Rhipidomena mesleri, Rhipidomena tennesseensis, Rhipidomena tenuitesta
Type specimen: USNM 117679, a valve. Its type locality is Road cut and quarry on U. S. Highway 25W, 4.7 miles south of Clinton, which is in a Chazyan shallow subtidal limestone in the Elway Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (2: Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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