Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Alternative combinations: Cancrinella polliciformis, Coolkilella polliciformis
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1978. Permian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from north-west Nepal. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 160(1-6):1-175
Belongs to Costatumulus according to H. P. Xu et al. 2018
See also Li et al. 2012, Shen et al. 2003, Shen et al. 2016, Waterhouse 1978 and Waterhouse and Chen 2007
Sister taxa: Costatumulus altissima, Costatumulus amosi, Costatumulus bolchovitinovae, Costatumulus caparayensis, Costatumulus capillatus, Costatumulus circularis, Costatumulus crassicostatina, Costatumulus distortus, Costatumulus dongpanensis, Costatumulus expansa, Costatumulus farleyensis, Costatumulus fragosa, Costatumulus germanicus, Costatumulus halli, Costatumulus irwinensis, Costatumulus meritus, Costatumulus minor, Costatumulus occidentalis, Costatumulus papilionata, Costatumulus prolongata, Costatumulus sahnii, Costatumulus shengmiensis, Costatumulus sidorkini, Costatumulus tazawai, Costatumulus tumidus, Costatumulus villiersi, Costatumulus yanagidae
Type specimen: UQF 68906, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is W1275, Section 13, Popagaon, Karnali, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Senja Formation of Nepal.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (11 collections), India (1), Nepal (6)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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