Scacchinella licharewi Grunt 1973 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Scacchinellidae

Full reference: T. A. Grunt. 1973. Taxonomic names, in Permian Brachiopoda of the Pamir. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 136:1-211

Belongs to Scacchinella according to T. A. Grunt 1973

Sister taxa: Scacchinella americana, Scacchinella depressa, Scacchinella exasperata, Scacchinella gigantea, Scacchinella primitiva, Scacchinella titan, Scacchinella triangulata, Scacchinella variabilis, Scacchinella yakowlewi

Type specimen: PIN 2228/556. Its type locality is Shor-Bulak, Upper Takhtabulak Fm, Tabulate Bioherm, which is in a Changhsingian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Takhtabulak Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shor-Bulak, Upper Takhtabulak Fm, Tabulate Bioherm

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