Rhipidomena mesleri Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Rhipidomena according to G. A. Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Rhipidomena fillocostellata, Rhipidomena subparallela, Rhipidomena tennesseensis, Rhipidomena tenuitesta

Type specimen: USNM 117678b, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (2: Tennessee collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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