Krotovia elegans Li 1986 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: L. Li. 1986. Brachiopod names, in The Brachiopods and the boundary of Late Carboniferous-Early Permian in Longlin region, Guangxi. Bulletin of the Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 11:217-237

Belongs to Krotovia according to L. Li 1986

Sister taxa: Krotovia aculeata, Krotovia barenzi, Krotovia burmana, Krotovia echinata, Krotovia latisulcata, Krotovia licharewi, Krotovia lineata, Krotovia longlinensis, Krotovia mapingensis, Krotovia nasuta, Krotovia oregonensis, Krotovia parva, Krotovia pustulata, Krotovia shanxiulingensis, Krotovia spinulosa, Krotovia tundrae, Krotovia wallaciana, Krotovia yakovlevi

Type specimen: Yichang IGMR 562139. Its type locality is GP3, Bunuo section, Changme district, Longlin county, which is in a Gzhelian marine horizon in the Maping Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GP3, Bunuo section, Changme district, Longlin county

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