Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921

Belongs to Cyclacantharia according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1975

Sister taxa: Cyclacantharia kingorum, Cyclacantharia paucispinosa, Cyclacantharia robusta, Cyclacantharia transitoria

Type specimen: USNM 151648, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM707a, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 33.0 x 38.4