Coledium torvum 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 opimum, Coledium rhomboidale, Coledium rhomboidea, Coledium saquensis, Coledium satuni, Coledium selongensis, Coledium therum, Coledium undulatum, Coledium vadosulcatum

Type specimen: YPM 23258. Its type locality is Keough Quarry (Station 296), which is in a Morrowan marine limestone in the Morrow Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Keough Quarry (Station 296)

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