Cathaysia subpusilla Licharew 1937 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Alternative combination: Productus subpusillus

Full reference: B. Licharew. 1937. Brachiopoda of the Permian system of USSR, Fasc. I. Permian Brachiopoda of north Caucasus, families Chonetidae Hall et Clarke and Productidae Gray. Paleontology of USSR Monographs 39:1-151

Belongs to Cathaysia according to W. P. Liang 1990

See also Jin and Hu 1978, Licharew 1937 and Wang et al. 1982

Sister taxa: Cathaysia beifengjingensis, Cathaysia bulangensis, Cathaysia caucasica, Cathaysia chonetoides, Cathaysia jiaogaensis, Cathaysia kengbingensis, Cathaysia niulanshanensis, Cathaysia parvulia, Cathaysia spiriferoides, Cathaysia yongdingensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (6 collections), the Russian Federation (6)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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