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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