Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Alternative combination: Sowerbyella varicostellata
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Cooper 1956 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) aequistriatus, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) akdombakensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) ampla, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) antiqua, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) eha, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) elusa, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) forumi, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) intricata, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) monilifera, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) monilifera, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) multipartita, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) musculosa, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) oepiki, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) papiliuncula, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) rectangularis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) rukavishnikovae, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sericea, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sinensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) soudleyensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) tenera, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) thraivensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) trivia
Type specimen: USNM 117532a, a valve (brachial valve)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (2: Tennessee collections)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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