Atribonium rostratum Grant 1965 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Full reference: R. E. Grant. 1965. The brachiopod superfamily Stenoscismatacea. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions 148(2):1-192

Belongs to Atribonium according to R. E. Grant 1965

Sister taxa: Atribonium bisinuata, Atribonium cooperorum, Atribonium gainesi, Atribonium gregeri, Atribonium halli, Atribonium illinoisensis, Atribonium kernahani, Atribonium nora, Atribonium perplexa, Atribonium pingue, Atribonium planodorsata, Atribonium prolifica, Atribonium retziaformis, Atribonium rhomboidale, Atribonium savagei, Atribonium simatum, Atribonium subovata, Atribonium subtransuralica, Atribonium succiduum, Atribonium swallovi, Atribonium transuralica, Atribonium uniplicata, Atribonium walteri

Type specimen: USNM 141950. Its type locality is Loc. 35. Bluffs on the northeast side of Partridge Point, which is in a Givetian marine limestone in the Thunder Bay Limestone Formation of Michigan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Loc. 35. Bluffs on the northeast side of Partridge Point

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