Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Alternative combination: Terebratula himalayensis
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 Hemiptychina according to T. N. Smirnova 2007
See also Davidson 1862, Diener 1897, Diener 1915, Lee and Gu 1980, Licharew and Kotlyar 1978, Tong 1978, Waagen 1882 and Wardlaw 1977
Sister taxa: Hemiptychina amygdala, Hemiptychina carniolica, Hemiptychina crebriplicata, Hemiptychina darvasica, Hemiptychina desticata, Hemiptychina inflata, Hemiptychina kutorgi, Hemiptychina lamellosa, Hemiptychina mintrita, Hemiptychina mirabilis, Hemiptychina mongolica, Hemiptychina morrisi, Hemiptychina murrita, Hemiptychina nana, Hemiptychina patula, Hemiptychina pseudoelongata, Hemiptychina pygmaea, Hemiptychina quadricostata, Hemiptychina schellwieni, Hemiptychina sparsiplicata, Hemiptychina subaequalis, Hemiptychina truncata, Hemiptychina tschernyschewi, Hemiptychina warchensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Moosakhail (Fleming coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), China (5), India (1), Pakistan (101), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 109 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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