†Rhipidomena mesleri Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)
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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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