Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae

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

Belongs to Plectorthis according to G. A. Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Orthis (Plectorthis) atava, Orthis (Plectorthis) christianiae, Orthis (Plectorthis) daunus, Orthis (Plectorthis) desmopleura, Orthis (Plectorthis) diablo, Orthis (Plectorthis) doris, Orthis (Plectorthis) hastingsensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) iddingsi, Orthis (Plectorthis) johannensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) kayseri, Orthis (Plectorthis) linnarssoni, Orthis (Plectorthis) newtonensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) pagoda, Orthis (Plectorthis) papias, Orthis (Plectorthis) retroflexa, Orthis (Plectorthis) saltensis, Orthis (Plectorthis) tullbergi, Plectorthis altaicus, Plectorthis australis, Plectorthis burultasica, Plectorthis cliefdenensis, Plectorthis exfoliata, Plectorthis licta, Plectorthis magna, Plectorthis mazourkaensis, Plectorthis obesa, Plectorthis patula, Plectorthis perditosulcata, Plectorthis plicatella, Plectorthis punctata, Plectorthis scotica

Type specimen: USNM 117022a

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Loc. 10, Greenmount Church area (Ordovician of Virginia)

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