Heterelasmina dieneri Gemmellaro 1899 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Heterelasminidae

Alternative combinations: Hemiptychina dieneri, Terebratula (Hemiptychina) dieneri

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1899. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Brachiopoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche Palermo 21:95-202

Belongs to Heterelasmina according to T. N. Smirnova 2007

See also Gemmellaro 1899, Mansuy 1913 and Schellwien 1900

Sister taxa: Heterelasmina costata, Heterelasmina cuboides, Heterelasmina elegantula, Heterelasmina genuflexa, Heterelasmina latesinuata, Heterelasmina planoventris, Heterelasmina pygmaea, Heterelasmina regularis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Italy (4 collections), Laos (1), Slovenia (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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