Sphaerirhynchia parvula Sapelnikov and Mizens 1996 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae

Full reference: V. P. Sapelnikov and L. I. Mizens. 1996. Early Devonian brachiopods from the Zeravshan Mountain Range, southern Tyan-Shan, central Asia. Brachiopods 243-247

Belongs to Sphaerirhynchia according to V. P. Sapelnikov and L. I. Mizens 1996

Sister taxa: Sphaerirhynchia glomerosa, Sphaerirhynchia lindenensis, Sphaerirhynchia wilsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dzhindy-Darya River, Zeravshan Range, Sangitovar Formation, which is in a Lochkovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Sangitovar Formation of Uzbekistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dzhindy-Darya River, Zeravshan Range, Sangitovar Formation

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