Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Full reference: J. Yanagida and I. Nishikawa. 1984. Early Permian brachiopods from the Kawai Limestone, Hiroshima Prefecture, southwest Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology 25(2):159-197
Belongs to Purdonella according to J. Yanagida and I. Nishikawa 1984
Sister taxa: Purdonella malingensis, Purdonella markovskii, Purdonella merlai, Purdonella nikitini, Purdonella semiovalis, Purdonella soderberghi, Purdonella tschernyschewiformis, Spirifer (Purdonella) conformis, Spirifer (Purdonella) limitaris
Type specimen: GK-D 31618, a shell (Conjoined shell). Its type locality is Kogoro K-2, Hiroshima Prefecture, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Kawai Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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