†Dielasmella larga Carter 1967 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Full reference: J. L. Carter. 1967. Mississippian brachiopods from the Chappel Limestone of central Texas. Bulletins of American Paleontology 53(238):249-488
Belongs to Dielasmella according to J. L. Carter 1967
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 154538, a shell. Its type locality is Valkenburg aan de Geul, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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