Waterhouseiella hydraensis Shen and Clapham 2009 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: S. Z. Shen and M. E. Clapham. 2009. Wuchiapingian (Lopingian, Late Permian) brachiopods from the Episkopi Formation of Hydra Island, Greece. Palaeontology 52(4):713-743

Belongs to Waterhouseiella according to S. Z. Shen and M. E. Clapham 2009

Sister taxa: Waterhouseiella simulata, Waterhouseiella speciosa

Type specimen: NIGP 143465, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Sample LE(float), Lehusis Section, Hydra, which is in a Wuchiapingian offshore ramp lime mudstone in the Episkopi Formation of Greece.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sample LE(float), Lehusis Section, Hydra

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