Pegmatreta arellanoi Cooper et al. 1952 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper, A. R. V. Arelleno, J. H. Johnson, V. J. Okulitch, A. Stoyanow and C. Lochman. 1952. Cambrian Stratigraphy and Paleontology near Caborca, Northwestern Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(1):1-181

Belongs to Pegmatreta according to G. A. Cooper et al. 1952

Sister taxa: Linnarssonia captiosa, Linnarssonia constans, Linnarssonia ophirensis, Linnarssonia taconica, Linnarssonia transversa, Pegmatreta rara

Type specimen: U.S.N.M. No.116058f, a valve.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pegmatreta arellanoi in the database

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