Gefonia cubanica Licharew 1936 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Full reference: B. Licharew. 1936. Uber einige oberpaläozoische Gattungen der Terebratulacea aus Eurasien. Problems of Paleontology 1:263-271

Belongs to Gefonia according to A. S. Dagis 1969

See also Stehli 1962

Sister taxa: Gefonia bifrons, Gefonia carinata, Gefonia emerita, Gefonia improvisa, Gefonia levis, Gefonia licharewi, Gefonia mimicusa, Gefonia plicata, Gefonia sinuata, Gefonia warthiformis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nikitina Balka, 2.5 km from mouth, P2a horizon, north Caucasus, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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