Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Alternative combination: Triplesia subcarinatina
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
See also Ludvigsen 1975
Sister taxa: Triplesia calcifera, Triplesia carinata, Triplesia craigensis, Triplesia edgelliana, Triplesia eospiriferoides, Triplesia extans, Triplesia girvanensis, Triplesia hintsae, Triplesia iberica, Triplesia insularis, Triplesia maennili, Triplesia monilifera, Triplesia sortanensis, Triplesia woodlandensis, Triplesia yichangensis, Triplesia zhejiangensis
Type specimen: USNM 117094a, a valve. Its type locality is Columbia, Lebanon Limestone, Stones River Group, which is in a Blackriveran marine limestone in the Lebanon Formation of Tennessee.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), Kazakhstan (2), United States (1: Tennessee)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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