Compositella tenuistriata Xu and Liu 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Diplospirellidae

Full reference: G. R. Xu and G. C. Liu. 1983. Systematic Description: Brachiopods. Triassic of the southern Qilian Mountains 84-128

Belongs to Compositella according to G. R. Xu and G. C. Liu 1983

Sister taxa: Spirigerellina ausseana, Spirigerellina canaliculata, Spirigerellina concentrica, Spirigerellina erubescens, Spirigerellina hunica, Spirigerellina kittli, Spirigerellina pygmaea, Spirigerellina stoliczkai, Spirigerellina sulcata, Compositella planosulcata, Compositella striata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Compositella tenuistriata in the database

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