Pentamerus lotis Walcott 1884 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1884. Paleontology of the Eureka district. United States Geological Survey Monograph 8(8):1-298

Belongs to Pentamerus according to C. D. Walcott 1884

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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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