Retzia compressa Meek 1864 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Retziidae

Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1864. Section 1. Description of the Carboniferous fossils. Palaeontology of California 1:3-16

Belongs to Retzia according to F. B. Meek 1864

Sister taxa: Retzia arara, Retzia himaica, Retzia magnifica, Retzia oxyrhynchus, Retzia pachygaster, Retzia procerrima, Retzia radialis, Retzia taramellii, Retzia truncata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at S.U. 445, Old Bass Ranch, Bayha Creek (Permian of California)

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