Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Alternative combination: Chonetes vishnu
Full reference: J. W. Salter. 1865. 1. Palaeozoic. Palaeontology of Niti in the Northern Himalya: Being Descriptions and Figures of the Palaeozoic and Secondary Fossils Collected by Colonel Richard Strachey, R E 1-112
Belongs to Quinquenella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1978
See also Diener 1897, Diener 1915 and Salter 1865
Sister taxa: Quinquenella australis, Quinquenella borealis, Quinquenella glabra, Quinquenella magnifica, Quinquenella planiconvexa, Quinquenella rionegrensis, Quinquenella semiglobosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Niti Pass (Upper Permian), which is in a Lopingian carbonate limestone in India
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of India (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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