Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Alternative combination: Terebratula mexicana
Synonyms: Composita arizonica McKee 1938, Composita guadalupensis Girty 1909, Composita parva Branson 1930
Belongs to Composita according to T. E. Yancey 1978
See also Branson 1930, Brill 1940, Clifton 1942, Cooper and Grant 1976, Girty 1909, McKee 1938 and Walter 1953
Sister taxa: Athyris (Composita) indosinensis, Athyris (Composita) semirostrata, Composita affinis, Composita apheles, Composita apsidata, Composita argentea, Composita bamberi, Composita biforma, Composita bucculenta, Composita costata, Composita cracens, Composita crassa, Composita depressa, Composita discina, Composita elongata, Composita emarginata, Composita enormis, Composita gigantea, Composita girtyi, Composita globosa, Composita grandis, Composita hapsida, Composita huagongensis, Composita idahoensis, Composita imbricata, Composita insulcata, Composita jogensis, Composita laevis, Composita lewisensis, Composita magnicarina, Composita minuscula, Composita mira, Composita misriensis, Composita nucella, Composita obesa, Composita ovata, Composita parasulcata, Composita pikensis, Composita pilula, Composita plana, Composita prospera, Composita pyriformis, Composita quadrirotunda, Composita quantilla, Composita rotunda, Composita sigma, Composita stalagmium, Composita strongyle, Composita subcircularis, Composita subquadrata, Composita subtilita, Composita sulcata, Composita tareica, Composita tetralobata, Composita tobaensis, Composita trinuclea
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (53: Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming collections)
Total: 53 collections each including a single occurrence
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