Heterelasmina pygmaea Grunt 1973 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Heterelasminidae

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 Heterelasmina according to T. A. Grunt 1973

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

Type specimen: PIN 2228/718. Its type locality is Kutali 2, Upper Takhtabulak Fm, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Takhtabulak Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Tajikistan (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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