Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Laqueidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1957. Tertiary and Pleistocene Brachiopods of Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 314(A):1-20
Belongs to Laqueus according to G. A. Cooper 1957
Sister taxa: Laqueus astartaeformis, Laqueus blanfordi, Laqueus californicus, Laqueus cockburnensis, Laqueus concentricus, Laqueus erythreus, Laqueus hanawensis, Laqueus japonicus, Laqueus jeffreysi, Laqueus kosibensis, Laqueus morsei, Laqueus orbicularis, Laqueus pacificus, Laqueus pallidus, Laqueus proprius, Laqueus quadratus, Laqueus rubellus, Laqueus suffusus, Laqueus vancouverensis, Laqueus vancouveriensis
Type specimen: USNM 549309, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 17462, Gushichan (RS 349), which is in a Calabrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal grainstone/limestone in the Naha Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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