Westonia superba Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

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

Belongs to Westonia according to G. A. Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Obolus (Westonia) alandensis, Obolus (Westonia) baltica, Obolus (Westonia) blackwelderi, Obolus (Westonia) dartoni, Obolus (Westonia) ella, Obolus (Westonia) elongatus, Obolus (Westonia) finlandensis, Obolus (Westonia) iphis, Obolus (Westonia) notchensis, Obolus (Westonia) themis, Obolus (Westonia) wasatchensis, Obolus (Westonia) wimani, Westonia anrakhaica, Westonia bohemica, Westonia clathrata, Westonia ella, Westonia gubaiensis, Westonia nyapungensis

Type specimen: USNM 116780b

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 0.2 miles southeast of Pratt Ferry ( of Alabama)

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