Tectarea Licharew 1928 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Gemmellaroiidae

Full reference: B. Licharew. 1928. Uber einige seltene und neue Brachiopoden aus dem Unterperm des norlichen Kaukasus. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 10:258-289

Parent taxon: Gemmellaroiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cyndalia, Gemmellaroia

Subtaxa: Tectarea robinsoni

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Type: Tectarea robinsoni

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Severnaya Balka, Malaya Laba River (Robinson coll) (Permian of Russian Federation)

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