Rostranteris pulchrum Gemmellaro 1899 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

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. Xu and R. E. Grant 1994

See also de Gregorio 1930 and Gemmellaro 1899

Sister taxa: Rostranteris adrianense, Rostranteris bachmutiensis, Rostranteris charymdarensis, Rostranteris exile, Rostranteris gemmellaroi, Rostranteris gibbosum, Rostranteris guttula, Rostranteris inflatum, Rostranteris jakovlevi, Rostranteris mediterraneum, Rostranteris merriami, Rostranteris mongoliensis, Rostranteris ovaleformis, Rostranteris ptychiventria, 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 Italy (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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