Notothyris subvesicularis Davidson 1862 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Alternative combination: Terebratula subvesicularis

Full reference: T. Davidson. 1862. On some Carboniferous Brachiopoda collected in India by A. Fleming, MD, and W. Purdon, Esq, FGS. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 18:25-35

Belongs to Notothyris according to H. T. Wu et al. 2018

See also Davidson 1862 and Waagen 1882

Sister taxa: Dielasma (Notothyris) triangularis, Notothyris acuta, Notothyris berkeyi, Notothyris bifoldes, Notothyris buriensis, Notothyris chainahaensis, Notothyris crassa, Notothyris daudensis, Notothyris depressus, Notothyris djoulfensis, Notothyris duplicata, Notothyris fissicostata, Notothyris ghundiensis, Notothyris gillilandensis, Notothyris gojraensis, Notothyris hexeris, Notothyris inaequiplicata, Notothyris inflata, Notothyris irregularis, Notothyris jalaidensis, Notothyris lenticularis, Notothyris liangshuikouensis, Notothyris lochardi, Notothyris lucida, Notothyris minuta, Notothyris multiplicata, Notothyris nucleolus, Notothyris orthosinus, Notothyris planiplicata, Notothyris polaris, Notothyris praelecta, Notothyris pseudodjoulfensis, Notothyris qujiangensis, Notothyris rectimarginatus, Notothyris revocata, Notothyris riparia, Notothyris sakagami, Notothyris sarinensis, Notothyris shizilingensis, Notothyris simplex, Notothyris subnucleolus, Notothyris subpentagona, Notothyris triplax, Notothyris triplicata, Notothyris uralica, Notothyris venusta, Notothyris waageni, Notothyris walkeri, Notothyris warthi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Moosakhail (Fleming coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections), Pakistan (54)

Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence

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