Schuchertella quryatensis Yanagida and Pillevuit 1994 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Full reference: J. Yanagida and A. Pillevuit. 1994. Permian brachiopods from Oman. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Earth and Planetary Science 28:61-99

Belongs to Schuchertella according to J. Yanagida and A. Pillevuit 1994

Sister taxa: Schuchertella bassa, Schuchertella beyrichi, Schuchertella bowdenensis, Schuchertella cooperi, Schuchertella costatula, Schuchertella fernglenensis, Schuchertella fushuiensis, Schuchertella gelaohoensis, Schuchertella guizhouensis, Schuchertella haraganensis, Schuchertella humboldtensis, Schuchertella lens, Schuchertella luliangensis, Schuchertella magna, Schuchertella missouriensis, Schuchertella nevadaensis, Schuchertella percha, Schuchertella probabilis, Schuchertella propinqua, Schuchertella radialis, Schuchertella resupinata, Schuchertella rubra, Schuchertella semiplana, Schuchertella shenshuensis, Schuchertella subvexa, Schuchertella tapina, Streptorhynchus (Schuchertella) asperulus, Streptorhynchus (Schuchertella) praeceps

Type specimen: MGL 63333, a shell (Conjoined shell). Its type locality is Quryat 1, Saih Hatat, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Saiq Formation of Oman.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Quryat 1, Saih Hatat

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