Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Ptychopleurella according to G. A. Cooper 1956
Sister taxa: Ptychopleurella aleksandrovae, Ptychopleurella angulaticostata, Ptychopleurella arthuri, Ptychopleurella bouchardi, Ptychopleurella decretoria, Ptychopleurella emarginata, Ptychopleurella erecta, Ptychopleurella kleinhamplei, Ptychopleurella lamellosa, Ptychopleurella lapworthi, Ptychopleurella lenzi, Ptychopleurella mediocostata, Ptychopleurella multicostata, Ptychopleurella oklahomensis, Ptychopleurella pirguensis, Ptychopleurella porcia, Ptychopleurella rectangulata, Ptychopleurella separata, Ptychopleurella transversa, Ptychopleurella twenhofeli, Ptychopleurella uniplicata
Type specimen: USNM 110108b
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 0.6 mile northwest of Linville Station (Ordovician of Virginia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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