Lissorhynchia pygmaea Yang and Xu 1966 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae

Full reference: T. Y. Yang and G. R. Xu. 1966. Triassic Brachiopods of Central Guizhou Province 1-151

Belongs to Lissorhynchia according to R. L. Feng and Z. L. Jiang 1978

See also Yang and Xu 1966

Sister taxa: Lissorhynchia minuta, Lissorhynchia triloba, Neowellerella multiplicata, Neowellerella vesca

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sizishan KC274a, Qingyan, which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Qingyan Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sizishan KC274a, Qingyan

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