Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Alternative combinations: Meekella pectiniformis, Streptorhynchus (Kiangsiella) pectiniformis, Streptorhynchus pectiniformis
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 Kiangsiella according to Z. Q. Chen and Z. T. Liao 2007
See also Davidson 1862, Diener 1903, Frech 1911, Huang 1933, Lee and Gu 1980, Liao and Meng 1986, Licharew and Kotlyar 1978, Reed 1931, Reed 1944 and Waagen 1884
Sister taxa: Kiangsiella compressa, Kiangsiella condoni, Kiangsiella deltoidens, Kiangsiella distorta, Kiangsiella halliana, Kiangsiella longinucha, Kiangsiella pinguis, Kiangsiella tieliensis, Kiangsiella tingi
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections), India (1), Pakistan (103), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 108 collections each including a single occurrence
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