Rugatia intermedia Hoover 1981 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: P.R. Hoover. 1981. Paleontology, Taphonomy, and Paleoecology of the Palmarito Formation (Permian of Venezuela). Bulletins of American Paleontology 80(313):1-138

Belongs to Rugatia according to P.R. Hoover 1981

Sister taxa: Rugatia andersoni, Rugatia convexa, Rugatia costiformis, Rugatia incurvata, Rugatia mckeei, Rugatia occidentalis, Rugatia paraindica

Type specimen: USNM 221249, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Altamira House, Locality 10, Palo Quemado Trail, which is in a Kungurian offshore shelf wackestone/siltstone in the Palmarito Formation of Venezuela.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Venezuela (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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