Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Full reference: B.J. Chronic. 1949. Invertebrate paleontology (excepting fuslinids and corals). Upper Paleozoic of Peru 46-173
Belongs to Wellerella according to J. Chronic 1953
See also Chronic 1949
Sister taxa: Wellerella arthaberi, Wellerella bidentata, Wellerella connivens, Wellerella delicatula, Wellerella girtyi, Wellerella globosa, Wellerella granum, Wellerella hemiplicata, Wellerella lemasi, Wellerella longiplicata, Wellerella multiplicata, Wellerella nitidula, Wellerella osagensis, Wellerella polycostata, Wellerella rotunda, Wellerella saxatilis, Wellerella tetrahedra, Wellerella texana, Wellerella truncata
Type specimen: AMNH 26917/1:6, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is AMNH286, Bed 8, Cerro Caya Caya Section 18, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in Peru.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Peru (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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