Meekella irregularis texana King 1931 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Full reference: R. E. King. 1931. The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas, Part II, Faunal summary and correlation of the Permian formations with description of Brachiopoda. The University of Texas Bulletin 3042:1-245

Belongs to Meekella irregularis according to R. E. King 1931

See also Cooper and Grant 1974

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is R.E. King 199, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in a Gzhelian marine shale in the Gaptank Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at R.E. King 93, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains

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