Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Macrocoelia according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Colaptomena auduni, Colaptomena concentrica, Colaptomena expansa, Colaptomena leptostrophoidea, Colaptomena macallumi, Colaptomena obesa, Colaptomena pseudopecten, Macrocoelia champlainensis, Macrocoelia rotunda, Macrocoelia ruedemanni, Macrocoelia concentrica, Macrocoelia magna, Macrocoelia llandeiloensis, Macrocoelia insolita
Type specimen: USNM 117773, a shell. Its type locality is U. S. Highway 60, 100 yards southeast of Whistle Creek, which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone/shale in the Whistle Creek Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (2: Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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