Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Alternative combinations: Notothyris (Rostranteris) mediterranea, Notothyris mediterranea
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 Rostranteris according to M. Viaretti et al. 2022
See also de Gregorio 1930, Diener 1903, Gemmellaro 1899, Liang 1990, Mansuy 1913, Shen et al. 2003, Smirnova 2007, Sremac 1986 and Zeng et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Rostranteris adrianense, Rostranteris bachmutiensis, Rostranteris charymdarensis, Rostranteris exile, Rostranteris gemmellaroi, Rostranteris gibbosum, Rostranteris guttula, Rostranteris inflatum, Rostranteris jakovlevi, Rostranteris merriami, Rostranteris mongoliensis, Rostranteris ovaleformis, Rostranteris ptychiventria, Rostranteris pulchrum, Rostranteris sinuatum, Rostranteris sulcatum, Rostranteris trispinus
Subtaxa: Notothyris (Rostranteris) mediterranea laosensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (4 collections), Croatia (1), India (1), Italy (2), Laos (1), Oman (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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