Tethyochonetes striata Liao 1982 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Alternative combination: Waagenites striata

Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1982. Brachiopod taxonomic names. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:186-256

Belongs to Tethyochonetes according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Liao 1982

Sister taxa: Fusichonetes cheni, Fusichonetes dissulcata, Fusichonetes flatus, Fusichonetes minor, Fusichonetes nayongensis, Fusichonetes pygmaea, Fusichonetes quadrata, Fusichonetes rectangularis, Fusichonetes sheni, Fusichonetes sinuata, Fusichonetes soochowensis, Fusichonetes wongiana, Tethyochonetes convexa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fushi, Dalong Fm, Yongding County, which is in a Changhsingian offshore shale in the Dalong Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Fushi, Dalong Fm, Yongding County

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