Cyrtella rhombica Chen 2004 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae

Full reference: Z. Q. Chen. 2004. Lower Permian reef-dwelling brachiopod faunas from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and biogeography. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 272(1-4):1-96

Belongs to Cyrtella according to Z. Q. Chen 2004

Sister taxa: Cyrtella allandalensis, Cyrtella berriedalensis, Cyrtella campbelli, Cyrtella erecta, Cyrtella furcata, Cyrtella granulata, Cyrtella koopi, Cyrtella kulikiana, Cyrtella nagmargensis, Cyrtella nobilis, Cyrtella subparallela, Cyrtella ulladullensis, Punctocyrtella yunnanensis, Punctocyrtella spinosa, Punctocyrtella gigantea, Punctocyrtella australis

Type specimen: IGPS109166, a skeleton (Conjoined shell). Its type locality is Uzunbulak Section, Bed 14, Piqiang, Artux City, which is in a Sakmarian perireef or subreef packstone in the Piqiang Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Uzunbulak Section, Bed 14, Piqiang, Artux City

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