Stenoscisma purdoni Davidson 1862 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Alternative combinations: Camarophoria purdoni, Camerophoria purdoni

Full reference: T. Davidson. 1862. On some Carboniferous Brachiopoda collected in India by A. Fleming, MD, and W. Purdon, Esq, FGS. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 18:25-35

Belongs to Stenoscisma according to G. R. Shi et al. 2003

See also Angiolini 2001, Broili 1922, Davidson 1862, Diener 1897, Diener 1903, Diener 1915, Fantini Sestini 1965, Frech 1911, Grant 1965, Lee and Gu 1980, Li et al. 1986, Reed 1944, Shen et al. 2003, Waagen 1883 and Zhang and Jin 1976

Sister taxa: Stenoscisma abbreviatum, Stenoscisma aberrans, Stenoscisma acuminata, Stenoscisma affinis, Stenoscisma alpinum, Stenoscisma americanum, Stenoscisma amoenum, Stenoscisma aptatum, Stenoscisma australe, Stenoscisma bellatulum, Stenoscisma biplicatoideum, Stenoscisma biplicatum, Stenoscisma bonum, Stenoscisma calvatum, Stenoscisma camurum, Stenoscisma cuneiformis, Stenoscisma doricranum, Stenoscisma exutum, Stenoscisma fabarium, Stenoscisma garouda, Stenoscisma gegyaiensis, Stenoscisma gigantea, Stenoscisma globosa, Stenoscisma grabaui, Stenoscisma hadrum, Stenoscisma hamleti, Stenoscisma hueconianum, Stenoscisma humbletonensis, Stenoscisma inaequale, Stenoscisma irregularis, Stenoscisma japonica, Stenoscisma jingxianensis, Stenoscisma jinjiadianensis, Stenoscisma kalum, Stenoscisma karpinskii, Stenoscisma kingi, Stenoscisma kochi, Stenoscisma kulojensis, Stenoscisma latissimum, Stenoscisma levicostum, Stenoscisma maniculum, Stenoscisma margaritovi, Stenoscisma multicostum, Stenoscisma multiplicatum, Stenoscisma mutabilis, Stenoscisma myioides, Stenoscisma nuculum, Stenoscisma oblisum, Stenoscisma ovalia, Stenoscisma pansum, Stenoscisma papilio, Stenoscisma paracuneiformis, Stenoscisma paronae, Stenoscisma paucisulcata, Stenoscisma peneleve, Stenoscisma pinguis, Stenoscisma plicata, Stenoscisma plicatum, Stenoscisma problematicum, Stenoscisma pseudopulchrum, Stenoscisma purdoniformis, Stenoscisma pyraustoides, Stenoscisma qararensis, Stenoscisma quasimutabilis, Stenoscisma ratmani, Stenoscisma renode, Stenoscisma repigratum, Stenoscisma sanctispiritus, Stenoscisma schlotheimi, Stenoscisma semiplicata, Stenoscisma shansiensis, Stenoscisma sokolskajae, Stenoscisma solitaria, Stenoscisma spitzbergiana, Stenoscisma taimyrica, Stenoscisma tanankouensis, Stenoscisma tenuistriata, Stenoscisma tetraplicata, Stenoscisma thevenini, Stenoscisma tieliensis, Stenoscisma trabeatum, Stenoscisma transversa, Stenoscisma triangulatum, Stenoscisma triquetrum, Stenoscisma vagata, Stenoscisma venustum, Stenoscisma wooi, Stenoscisma xizangensis, Stenoscisma yanjiensis, Stenoscisma zhenanensis, Camarophoria cooperensis, Camarophoria sutschuanensis, Camarophoria applanata, Camarophoria dowhatensis, Camarophoria parvula, Camarophoria crumena

Type specimen: Its type locality is Moosakhail (Fleming coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (9 collections), East Timor (1), India (2), Indonesia (1), Myanmar (1), Pakistan (84), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Alaska)

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Alaska)

Total: 102 collections each including a single occurrence

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