Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Full reference: N. W. Archbold and M. Gaetani. 1993. Early Permian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the northwest Himalaya, India. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 99(1):27-56
Belongs to Neochonetes (Sommeriella) according to N. W. Archbold and M. Gaetani 1993
Sister taxa: Neochonetes (Sommeriella) afanasyevae, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) baroghilensis, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) cockbaini, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) hockingi, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) longa, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) magnus, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) nalbiaensis, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) obrieni, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) pratti, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) regularis, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) robustus, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) strophomenoides, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) tenuicapillatus, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) transversa, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) vialis, Neochonetes (Sommeriella) wufengensis
Type specimen: MPUM 6826, a shell (Conjoined shell, external mold). Its type locality is Chumik Marpo ZG57, Lingti River, Lahul, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Chumik Formation of India.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Chumik Marpo ZG57, Lingti River, Lahul
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