Coledium opimum 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 Coledium according to R. E. Grant 1965

Sister taxa: Coledium altisulcatum, Coledium angarium, Coledium bowsheri, Coledium cestriensis, Coledium cheni, Coledium costacurtosus, Coledium costulatum, Coledium crassa, Coledium dutroi, Coledium elvinia, Coledium erugatum, Coledium evexum, Coledium explanatum, Coledium globulinum, Coledium indentatum, Coledium obesum, Coledium rhomboidale, Coledium rhomboidea, Coledium saquensis, Coledium satuni, Coledium selongensis, Coledium therum, Coledium torvum, Coledium undulatum, Coledium vadosulcatum

Type specimen: USNM 142448

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Coledium opimum in the database

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