Hesperotrophia obscura Ulrich and Cooper 1936 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae

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

See also Ulrich and Cooper 1936

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 92882a-k, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at northeast shoulder of Fossil Mountain, 8.7 miles northeast of Lake Louise (Ordovician of Alberta)

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