†Mimaria Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Heterelasminidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159
Parent taxon: Heterelasminidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amurothyris, Chuanyanella, Gundarolasmina, Heterelasmina, Permicola, Pseudolabaia, Qinglongia
Subtaxa: Mimaria lepton
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Italy (8 collections), Tajikistan (6)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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