Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Alternative combination: Licharewia spinosa
Full reference: G. Plodowski. 1968. Neue Spiriferen aus Afghanistan. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 49(2-3):251-259
Belongs to Punctocyrtella according to L. Angiolini 1997
See also Grunt and Dmitriev 1973, Plodowski 1968, Plodowski 1970 and Termier et al. 1974
Sister taxa: Cyrtella allandalensis, Cyrtella berriedalensis, Cyrtella campbelli, Cyrtella erecta, Cyrtella furcata, Cyrtella granulata, Cyrtella koopi, Cyrtella kulikiana, Cyrtella nagmargensis, Cyrtella nobilis, Cyrtella rhombica, Cyrtella subparallela, Cyrtella ulladullensis, Punctocyrtella gigantea, Punctocyrtella australis, Punctocyrtella yunnanensis
Type specimen: SMF 25002, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Dorf Nau-Bauri, Dacht-e-Nawar, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in Afghanistan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (4 collections), Oman (6), Tajikistan (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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