Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Alternative combinations: Productus (Ruthenia) purdoni, Productus (Waagenoconcha) purdoni, Productus purdoni, Waagenoconcha purdoni
Full reference: T. Davidson. 1862. On some Carboniferous Brachiopoda collected in India by A. Fleming, MD, and W. Purdon, Esq, FGS. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 18:25-35
Belongs to Contraspina according to J. B. Waterhouse 2002
See also Chao 1931, Davidson 1862, Diener 1897, Diener 1915, Reed 1931, Reed 1944, Salter 1865, Shimizu 1981, Waagen 1884, Waterhouse 1966 and Zhang and Jin 1976
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Waagenoconcha purdoni circularis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian to Triassic of India (2 collections)
• Permian of China (5), India (4), Mongolia (1), Nepal (3), Pakistan (16)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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