Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Oxoplecia according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Oxoplecia andersoni, Oxoplecia calhouni, Oxoplecia cooperi, Oxoplecia costellata, Oxoplecia holstonensis, Oxoplecia monitorensis, Oxoplecia multicostellata, Oxoplecia plicata, Oxoplecia subborealis, Oxoplecia ujukensis
Type specimen: USNM 110842, a valve. Its type locality is 1 mile east of Tilson Mill, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 1 mile east of Tilson Mill
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