Cooperea immatura Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Bimuriidae

Alternative combination: Bimuria immatura

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Cooperea according to L. R. M. Cocks and J. -Y. Rong 1989

See also Cooper 1956

Sister taxon: Cooperea siphonata

Type specimen: USNM 110976g, a shell. Its type locality is Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville, which is in an Ashbyan reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.