Pentamerus comis Owen 1852 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae

Alternative combination: Atrypa comis

Belongs to Pentamerus according to C. D. Walcott 1884

See also Meek and Worthen 1868

Sister taxa: Pentamerus (Barrandella), Pentamerus (Pentamerus), Pentamerus (Supertrilobus), Pentamerus asiaticus, Pentamerus gothlandicus, Pentamerus lotis, Pentamerus palaformis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pentamerus comis in the database

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