Laioporella schellwieni Gemmellaro 1899 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae

Alternative combination: Spiriferina schellwieni

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 Laioporella according to N. V. Kalashnikov 1998

See also Gemmellaro 1899

Sister taxa: Laioporella modesta, Laioporella pyramidata, Laioporella sterlitamakensis

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: found only at Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio

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