†Rugaria Cooper and Grant 1969 (lamp shell)
Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1969. New Permian brachiopods from west Texas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 1:1-20
Parent taxon: Plicochonetinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Hemichonetes, Plicochonetes, Prorugaria, Sulcirugaria
Subtaxa: Rugaria crassa, Rugaria exquisita, Rugaria hessensis, Rugaria molengraaffi, Rugaria nisalensis, Rugaria pajchoica
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder