Betaneospirifer ravaniformis Waterhouse 1978 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Alternative combination: Neospirifer ravaniformis

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1978. Permian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from north-west Nepal. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 160(1-6):1-175

Belongs to Betaneospirifer according to B. Waterhouse and Z. Q. Chen 2007

See also Waterhouse 1978 and Waterhouse 2004

Sister taxa: Betaneospirifer ambiensis, Betaneospirifer marcoui, Betaneospirifer moosakhailensis, Betaneospirifer neomarcoui, Betaneospirifer shii

Type specimen: UQF 68965, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is W1304, Section 13, Karnali, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Senja Formation of Nepal.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Nepal (38 collections)

Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence

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