Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Triplesia according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Triplesia calcifera, Triplesia craigensis, Triplesia edgelliana, Triplesia eospiriferoides, Triplesia extans, Triplesia girvanensis, Triplesia hintsae, Triplesia iberica, Triplesia insularis, Triplesia maennili, Triplesia monilifera, Triplesia sortanensis, Triplesia subcarinata, Triplesia woodlandensis, Triplesia yichangensis, Triplesia zhejiangensis
Type specimen: USNM 117095a, a valve
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 0.2 miles southeast of Pratt Ferry ( of Alabama)
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