Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper, A. R. V. Arelleno, J. H. Johnson, V. J. Okulitch, A. Stoyanow and C. Lochman. 1952. Cambrian Stratigraphy and Paleontology near Caborca, Northwestern Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(1):1-181
Belongs to Acrothele according to G. A. Cooper et al. 1952
Sister taxa: Acrothele (Redlichella), Acrothele affinis, Acrothele artemis, Acrothele bellapunctata, Acrothele bellula, Acrothele bergeroni, Acrothele borgholmensis, Acrothele coriacea, Acrothele decipiens, Acrothele dichotoma, Acrothele levisensis, Acrothele minuta, Acrothele primaeva, Acrothele rarus, Acrothele sougyi, Acrothele speciosa, Acrothele spinulosa, Acrothele subsidua, Acrothele turneri, Acrothele woodworthi, Acrothele yorkensis, Dearbornia clarki
Type specimen: U.S.N.M. No.116035d, a valve.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Arrojos Fm., Cerro Rajon, Caborca Region, Mexico - Stewart et. al 1984 ( of Mexico)
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