Rostranteris exile Gemmellaro 1899 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Alternative combinations: Notothyris exilis, Rostranteris exilis

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1899. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Brachiopoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche Palermo 21:95-202

Belongs to Rostranteris according to G. Crippa and L. Angiolini 2012

See also de Gregorio 1930, Diener 1903, Fantini Sestini 1965, Gemmellaro 1899, Liao and Meng 1986, Schellwien 1900 and Termier and Termier 1977

Sister taxa: Rostranteris adrianense, Rostranteris bachmutiensis, Rostranteris charymdarensis, Rostranteris gemmellaroi, Rostranteris gibbosum, Rostranteris guttula, Rostranteris inflatum, Rostranteris jakovlevi, Rostranteris mediterraneum, Rostranteris merriami, Rostranteris mongoliensis, Rostranteris ovaleformis, Rostranteris ptychiventria, Rostranteris pulchrum, Rostranteris sinuatum, Rostranteris sulcatum, Rostranteris trispinus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (4 collections), Iran (1), Italy (2), Slovenia (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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