Multicostella rectangulata Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Multicostella according to G. A. Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Multicostella platys, Multicostella plena

Type specimen: USNM 116991

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at On the saddle just north of hill 8167, Martin's Ridge (Ordovician of Nevada)

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