Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae

Full reference: P. E. Raymond. 1928. The brachiopods of the Lenoir and Athens Formations of Tennessee and Virginia. Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology Bulletin 68:293-300

Belongs to Hebertella according to D. F. Wright and A. L. Stigall 2013

See also Raymond 1928

Sister taxa: Hebertella (Schizonema), Hebertella alveata, Hebertella dinorthoides, Hebertella estonica, Hebertella frankfortensis, Hebertella maria, Hebertella montoyensis, Hebertella occidentalis, Hebertella parksensis, Hebertella prestonensis, Hebertella richmondensis, Hebertella sinuata, Hebertella subjugata, Orthis (Hebertella) scotica

Type specimen: MCZ 8597. Its type locality is railroad cutting 1 mile south of Otes, which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone in the Athens Formation of Tennessee.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at railroad cutting 1 mile south of Otes

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