Kutorgina perugata Walcott 1905 (lamp shell)

Kutorginata - Kutorginida - Kutorginidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1905. Cambrian Brachiopoda with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1395):227-337

Belongs to Kutorgina according to A. J. Rowell 1977

See also Walcott 1905

Sister taxa: Kutorgina catenata, Kutorgina chengjiangensis, Kutorgina cingulata, Kutorgina reticulata, Kutorgina sardiniaensis, Rustella edsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM Locality 1v, Barrel Spring Section, which is in a Dyeran offshore shale in the Poleta Formation of Nevada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (2: California, Nevada collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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