Cartorhium retusum Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607

Belongs to Cartorhium according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

See also Cooper and Grant 1976

Sister taxa: Cartorhium alisangensis, Cartorhium chelomatum, Cartorhium coristum, Cartorhium imperfectum, Cartorhium latum, Cartorhium lunwalensis, Cartorhium mexicanum, Cartorhium multiradiatus, Cartorhium orbiculatum, Cartorhium rhomboidalis, Cartorhium twifurcifer, Cartorhium vidriense, Cartorhium xikouensis, Cartorhium zoyei

Type specimen: USNM 152929w, a valve (Ventral valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (15: Texas collections)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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