Piarorhynchella triassica Girty 1927 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Norellidae

Alternative combinations: Pugnoides triassicus, Rhynchonella triassicus

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1927. Descriptions of new species of Carboniferous and Triassic fossils (from southeastern Idaho). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 152:411-446

Belongs to Piarorhynchella according to A. S. Dagys 1974

See also Girty 1927 and Perry and Chatterton 1979

Sister taxa: Nudirostralina dieneri, Nudirostralina griesbachi, Nudirostralina lissosinus, Nudirostralina longa, Nudirostralina mangyshlakensis, Nudirostralina minuta, Nudirostralina mutabilis, Nudirostralina subsphaerica, Nudirostralina subtrinodosi, Nudirostralina tazawai, Nudirostralina tenuicostata, Nudirostralina trinodosi, Piarorhynchella gujiaoensis, Piarorhynchella selongensis, Piarorhynchella kittli

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (37: Idaho, Nevada, Utah)

Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence

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