†Pentlandella merriami Sheehan 1982 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Full reference: P. M. Sheehan. 1982. Late Ordovician and Silurian of the eastern Great Basin Part 4. Late Llandovery and Wenlock brachiopods. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 50:1-73
Belongs to Pentlandella according to P. M. Sheehan 1982
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 219690. Its type locality is High Lake Member, Great Basin, Southern Egan Range, which is in an Aeronian deep subtidal shelf dolomite in the Laketown Dolomite Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of United States (4: Nevada, Utah collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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