†Bilobia virginiensis Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Bilobia according to A. A. Madison 2017
See also Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Bilobia alichovae, Bilobia etheridgei, Bilobia musca, Bilobia pisum, Bilobia rosendahli, Bilobia yichangensis
Type specimen: USNM 117464a, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Pennsylvania, Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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