Omanilasma husseinii Angiolini and Zarbo 2006 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae

Full reference: L. Angiolini and M. Zarbo. 2006. Taxonomic names, in New records and new taxa of Permian brachiopods from the Khuff Formation, Midhnab Member, central Saudi Arabia. GeoArabia 11(4):45-57

Belongs to Omanilasma according to G. Crippa and L. Angiolini 2012

See also Angiolini and Zarbo 2006

Sister taxon: Omanilasma desertica

Type specimen: MPUM 9370, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Haushi ring AO45, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Khuff Formation of Oman.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Iran (8 collections), Oman (24), Saudi Arabia (1)

Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence

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