Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Alternative combination: Plectambonites angulatus
Full reference: F. B. Phleger, Jr. 1933. Notes on certain Ordovician faunas of the Inyo Mountains, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 32(1):1-21
Belongs to Valcourea according to G. A. Cooper 1956
See also Phleger 1933
Sister taxa: Valcourea confinis, Valcourea plana, Valcourea semicarinata, Valcourea strophomenoides, Valcourea transversa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Barrel Spring Canyon, which is in a Caradoc shallow subtidal shale in the Barrel Spring Formation of California
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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