†Aphelotreta minuta Rowell 1980 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae

Full reference: A. J. Rowell. 1980. Inarticulate brachiopods of the Pioche Shale of the Pioche District, Nevada. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contri­butions 98:1-36

Belongs to Aphelotreta according to P. M. Smith et al. 2016

See also Rowell 1980

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KUMIP 115537. Its type locality is R68/196. Spur 400 m south of Lyndon Gulch, west side of Highland Range, which is in a Delamaran marine shale in the Pioche Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (2: Nevada collections)

• Templetonian of Australia (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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