Spirigerella mendungensis Lu 1978 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: T. C. Lu. 1978. Brachiopod taxonomic names. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:233-262

Belongs to Spirigerella according to Y. Zeng et al. 1995

See also Lu 1978

Sister taxa: Spirigerella alata, Spirigerella alataeformis, Spirigerella bellistriata, Spirigerella derbyi, Spirigerella discors, Spirigerella fusiformis, Spirigerella gigas, Spirigerella grandis, Spirigerella heibayideensis, Spirigerella media, Spirigerella minuta, Spirigerella numismalis, Spirigerella obovata, Spirigerella ovoidalis, Spirigerella paraliensis, Spirigerella pertumida, Spirigerella praelonga, Spirigerella proxima, Spirigerella rectimarginata, Spirigerella subtriangularis, Spirigerella subtriquetra, Spirigerella teseroi, Athyrella hybrida

Type specimen: Sb 4134. Its type locality is Mendong, Wuxi County, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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