Etherilosia perfecta Waterhouse and Ranga Rao 1989 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Alternative combination: Strophalosia perfecta

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse and A. Ranga Rao. 1989. Early Permian brachiopod and bivalve species from the Bap Formation of Peninsula India. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 63:25-39

Belongs to Etherilosia according to N. W. Archbold et al. 1996

See also Waterhouse and Ranga Rao 1989

Sister taxa: Etherilosia calytrixi, Etherilosia carolynae, Etherilosia convexa, Etherilosia etheridgei, Etherilosia prendergastae

Type specimen: OGC F5, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Bap, western Rajasthan, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Bap Formation of India.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bap, western Rajasthan

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