Orthotichia magnifica Grabau 1936 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1936. Early Permian fossils of China, part 2, Fauna of the Maping Limestone of Kwangsi and Kweichos. Paleontologia Sinica, series B 8(4):1-320

Belongs to Orthotichia according to M. Viaretti et al. 2022

See also Grabau 1936, Licharew and Kotlyar 1978, Shen et al. 2000, Sremac 1986 and Yang 1984

Sister taxa: Orthotichia altilis, Orthotichia avushensis, Orthotichia chekiangensis, Orthotichia derbyi, Orthotichia fushanensis, Orthotichia gypidularhynchia, Orthotichia hueconiana, Orthotichia irregularis, Orthotichia japonica, Orthotichia jiangxiensis, Orthotichia kozlowskii, Orthotichia latirostrata, Orthotichia lengshuixiensis, Orthotichia lentiformis, Orthotichia marmorea, Orthotichia morganiana, Orthotichia nana, Orthotichia nawtawaketensis, Orthotichia newelli, Orthotichia parva, Orthotichia pentamera, Orthotichia sulcata, Orthotichia tongluensis, Orthotichia transversa, Orthotichia trigona, Orthotichia xizangensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections), Croatia (1), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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