Lapworthella hubeiensis Qian and Zhang 1983 (lamp shell)

Brachiopoda - Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae

Full reference: Y. Qian and S.-b. Zhang. 1983. Small shelly fossils from the Xihaoping Member of the Tongying Formation in Fangxian County of Hubei Province and their stratigraphical significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22(1):82-94

Belongs to Lapworthella according to Y. Qian and S.-b. Zhang 1983

Sister taxa: Lapworthella ablorta, Lapworthella annulata, Lapworthella cornu, Lapworthella dentata, Lapworthella fasciculata, Lapworthella gezhongwuensis, Lapworthella hubeinensis, Lapworthella nigra, Lapworthella puttapensis, Lapworthella rostriptutea, Lapworthella schodakensis, Lapworthella sinensis, Lapworthella subrectangulata, Stenothecopsis heraultensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lapworthella hubeiensis in the database

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