Embolosia sphenoidea Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290

Belongs to Embolosia according to G. A. Cooper 1983

Sister taxa: Plicatoria parva, Plicatoria ventricosa, Plicatoria wilmingtonensis

Type specimen: USNM 138055a

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Embolosia sphenoidea in the database

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