Vediproductus mugenjin Shiino 2009 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Full reference: Y. Shiino. 2009. Middle Permian echinoconchoide brachiopod Vediproductus in the Kamiyasse area, Southern Kitakami Mountains, northeast Japan. Paleontological Research 13(3):251-258

Belongs to Vediproductus according to Y. Shiino 2009

Sister taxa: Vediproductus dissimilis, Vediproductus formos, Vediproductus guangdongensis, Vediproductus punctatiformis

Type specimen: UMUT PB30075, a valve (Dorsal valve). Its type locality is Shigeji-sawa Creek, Mount Kurosawa, Loc 1, which is in a Capitanian coastal sandstone in the Kamiyasse Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shigeji-sawa Creek, Mount Kurosawa, Loc 1

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