Costiferina minor Tong 1978 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Full reference: Z. X. Tong. 1978. Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:210-267

Belongs to Costiferina according to Z. X. Tong 1978

Sister taxa: Costiferina arata, Costiferina indica, Costiferina miaolingensis, Costiferina redacta, Costiferina sinoindica, Costiferina spiralis, Costiferina subcostata, Costiferina thomasi, Costiferina vishnu, Costiferina wadei

Type specimen: Sb 4055. Its type locality is Lengshuixi, Qixia Fm, Shizhu County, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lengshuixi, Qixia Fm, Shizhu County

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