Uncinunellina pulchra Cooper 1953 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1953. Sponges, Brachiopoda, Pelecypoda, and Scaphopoda. Permian fauna at El Antimonio, western Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(2):21-80

Belongs to Uncinunellina according to G. A. Cooper 1953

Sister taxa: Uncinunellina amor, Uncinunellina exilis, Uncinunellina hayasakai, Uncinunellina jabiensis, Uncinunellina mitigata, Uncinunellina mongolica, Uncinunellina multicostata, Uncinunellina multiplicata, Uncinunellina piqiangensis, Uncinunellina postera, Uncinunellina rotunda, Uncinunellina sangzhiensis, Uncinunellina shikokuensis, Uncinunellina siculus, Uncinunellina tenuis, Uncinunellina timorensis, Uncinunellina wangenheimi

Type specimen: USNM 115569. Its type locality is USNM806i, Cerros de los Monos, El Antimonio, Sonora, which is in a Wordian marine shale in the Antimonio Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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