Marginifera madagascariensis Astre 1934 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida

Alternative combination: Productus gallatinensis madagascariensis

Full reference: G. Astre. 1934. La faune permienne des Grès a Productus d'Ankitokazo dans le nord de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques du Service des Mines 4:63-96

Belongs to Marginifera according to H. Termier and G. Termier 1970

See also Astre 1934

Sister taxa: Marginifera (Arenaria), Marginifera (Marginifera), Marginifera (Nesiotia), Marginifera adairensis, Marginifera aliensis, Marginifera andreai, Marginifera bicostala, Marginifera brevisulcata, Marginifera bukkensis, Marginifera carniolica, Marginifera costalliformis, Marginifera costellata, Marginifera depressa, Marginifera elongatoides, Marginifera emmae, Marginifera ganota, Marginifera gibbosa, Marginifera gobiensis, Marginifera haydenensis, Marginifera hubeiensis, Marginifera involuta, Marginifera jalaidensis, Marginifera juresanensis, Marginifera lata, Marginifera lebedevi, Marginifera longispina, Marginifera magniplicata, Marginifera minor, Marginifera morrisi, Marginifera multicostellata, Marginifera nathorstfjordensis, Marginifera nesiotes, Marginifera orvini, Marginifera parahimalayensis, Marginifera planocosta, Marginifera popovkaensis, Marginifera profundosulcata, Marginifera qaganqulutica, Marginifera qamarensis, Marginifera schartimiensiformis, Marginifera schellwieni, Marginifera semigratiosa, Marginifera septentrionalis, Marginifera sexcostata, Marginifera spinulifera, Marginifera tetraspina, Marginifera timanica, Marginifera unsulcata, Marginifera uralica, Marginifera vihiana, Marginifera yanhuensis, Marginifera zhongbaensis, Productus (Marginifera) acutocurvatus, Productus (Marginifera) gerassimovi, Productus (Marginifera) nikchitchi, Productus (Marginifera) simkini, Productus (Marginifera) spatiosus, Productus (Marginifera) subornatus, Strigospina uguibaoensis, Strigospina lineata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ankitokazo, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal mudstone in the Lower Sakamena Formation of Madagascar

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ankitokazo

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