Tritoechia sinuata Ulrich and Cooper 1938 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae

Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and G. A. Cooper. 1938. Ozarkian and Canadian Brachiopoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper 13(8):1-323

Belongs to Tritoechia according to E. O. Ulrich and G. A. Cooper 1938

Sister taxa: Tritoechia (Parvitritoechia), Tritoechia (Tritoechia), Tritoechia alta, Tritoechia billingsi, Tritoechia careyi, Tritoechia crassa, Tritoechia delicatula, Tritoechia florentinensis, Tritoechia karmbergensis, Tritoechia kendyktasica, Tritoechia lewisi, Tritoechia mollesensis, Tritoechia quebecensis, Tritoechia tokmakensis, Tritoechia typica

Type specimen: USNM 91744, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (4: Nevada, Tennessee, Utah collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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