Oxycolpella mulica Sun et al. 1979 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Diplospirellidae

Full reference: D. L. Sun, Y. G. Jin, and S. L. Ye. 1979. Mesozoic brachiopod names. Paleontological atlas of northwest China, Qinghai Volume 1:131-217

Belongs to Oxycolpella according to D. L. Sun et al. 1979

Sister taxa: Oxycolpella arabica, Oxycolpella circularis, Oxycolpella elongata, Oxycolpella eurycolpos, Oxycolpella guseriplica, Oxycolpella kunensis, Oxycolpella lanaensis, Oxycolpella oxycolpos, Oxycolpella rectimarginata, Oxycolpella robinsoni, Oxycolpella sankaica, Oxycolpella semiconvexa, Oxycolpella wenquanensis, Oxycolpella zhidoensis, Oxycolpella zhonghuaensis

Type specimen: NIGP 42952. Its type locality is Xiaoduosuo River hu8, Muli, Tianjun County, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in the Junzihe Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xiaoduosuo River hu8, Muli, Tianjun County

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