Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Full reference: B. Willard. 1928. The brachiopods of the Ottosee and Holston formations of Tennessee and Virginia. Bulletin of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology 68:255-292
Belongs to Oxoplecia according to G. A. Cooper 1956
See also Willard 1928
Sister taxa: Oxoplecia abnormis, Oxoplecia andersoni, Oxoplecia calhouni, Oxoplecia cooperi, Oxoplecia costellata, Oxoplecia monitorensis, Oxoplecia multicostellata, Oxoplecia plicata, Oxoplecia subborealis, Oxoplecia ujukensis
Type specimen: M.C.Z8632, a valve.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (3: Tennessee collections)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Virginia)
• Ordovician of United States (11: Georgia, Virginia)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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