Levenolasma mongolica Grabau 1931 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae

Alternative combinations: Dielasma millepunctatum mongolicum, Dielasma mongolicum

Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1931. The Permian of Mongolia. Natural History of Asia 4:1-665

Belongs to Levenolasma according to T. N. Smirnova 2007

See also Li et al. 1986 and Ruzhentsev and Sarycheva 1965

Sister taxa: Levenolasma concava, Levenolasma leveni, Levenolasma nikitini, Levenolasma sinuosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jisu Honguer 1190, Enteletes Bed, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Zhesi Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Armenia (2 collections), China (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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