Institella leonardensis King 1931 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Alternative combination: Productus leonardensis

Full reference: R. E. King. 1931. The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas, Part II, Faunal summary and correlation of the Permian formations with description of Brachiopoda. The University of Texas Bulletin 3042:1-245

Belongs to Institella according to S. Z. Shen et al. 2011

See also Chen 2004, Cooper and Grant 1975, King 1931 and Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960

Sister taxon: Institella gubleri

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Japan (1), United States (74: Texas)

Total: 76 collections each including a single occurrence

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