†Tropidoglossa modesta Walcott 1908 (lamp shell)
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Lingulata - Lingulida - Zhanatellidae
Alternative combination: Linnarssonella modesta
Full reference: C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Brachiopoda: descriptions of new genera and species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(3):53-137
Belongs to Tropidoglossa according to Rowell 1966
See also Walcott 1908
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 4 miles south of Marjum Pass (Cambrian of Utah)
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