Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae
Alternative combinations: Enteletina ruzhencevi, Parenteletes ruzhencevi
Synonym: Peltichia nachodkensis Kotlyar 1989
Full reference: A. N. Sokolskaja. 1965. Orthids, Strophomenids, Chonetids, and Rhynchonellids, in The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:198-236
Belongs to Peltichia according to S. Z. Shen et al. 1999
See also Grunt and Dmitriev 1973, Kotlyar 1989, Kotlyar et al. 1983 and Sokolskaja 1965
Sister taxa: Peltichia akasakensis, Peltichia kwangtungensis, Peltichia sinensis, Peltichia subtriangularis, Peltichia transversa, Peltichia xiaoxingchuanensis, Peltichia zigzag
Type specimens:
- Peltichia ruzhencevi: PIN 2072/66, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Chanakhchi, Oldhamina Beds, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Julfa Formation of Armenia.
- Peltichia nachodkensis: TsNIGR 5/12540. Its type locality is "Nakhodka Reef", lower quarry, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Lyudyanza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (4 collections), the Russian Federation (2), Tajikistan (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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