Ambikella himalayanicus Waterhouse 1978 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combinations: Tomiopsis (Ambikella) himalayanicus, Tomiopsis himalayanicus

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

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

See also Shen et al. 2003, Waterhouse 1978 and Waterhouse 1998

Sister taxa: Ambikella antesulcata, Ambikella elongata, Ambikella furca, Ambikella ovata, Ambikella undulosina, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) bamberi, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) fructiformis, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) ovulum, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) petrenkoi, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) postglabra, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) regina, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) symmetrica, Homevalaria profunda

Type specimen: Geol. Surv. India 7467.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at W1389, Section 22, Pija Village, Karnali (Permian of Nepal)

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