Orbiculoidea platymitraformis Liang 1990 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Full reference: W. P. Liang. 1990. Lengwu Formation of Permian and its Brachiopod Fauna in Zhejiang Province. Geological Memoirs 2(10):1-522

Belongs to Orbiculoidea according to W. P. Liang 1990

Sister taxa: Orbiculoidea affinis, Orbiculoidea anhuiensis, Orbiculoidea armstrongi, Orbiculoidea batesvillensis, Orbiculoidea capax, Orbiculoidea capuliformis, Orbiculoidea cincta, Orbiculoidea clintonensis, Orbiculoidea concentrica, Orbiculoidea damanensis, Orbiculoidea elegans, Orbiculoidea excentrica, Orbiculoidea excentrica, Orbiculoidea forbesa, Orbiculoidea gibba, Orbiculoidea interlineata, Orbiculoidea jangarensis, Orbiculoidea keokuk, Orbiculoidea kolymaensis, Orbiculoidea konincki, Orbiculoidea kullsbergensis, Orbiculoidea liaoi, Orbiculoidea linguliformis, Orbiculoidea magna, Orbiculoidea minuta, Orbiculoidea missouriensis, Orbiculoidea nucleola, Orbiculoidea ovalis, Orbiculoidea pileolus, Orbiculoidea prietana, Orbiculoidea qieermaensis, Orbiculoidea qinglongensis, Orbiculoidea radiata, Orbiculoidea rotularia, Orbiculoidea sampsoni, Orbiculoidea semipolita, Orbiculoidea shallochensis, Orbiculoidea sodalis, Orbiculoidea soyanensis, Orbiculoidea spitzbergensis, Orbiculoidea stincharensis, Orbiculoidea tobaensis, Orbiculoidea utahensis, Orbiculoidea varsoviensis, Orbiculoidea verum, Orbiculoidea warthi, Orbiculoidea winsnesi, Orbiculoidea wisnesi, Orbiculoidea wyomingensis, Orbiculoidea xinguensis, Orbiculoidea yangkangensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Shiziling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal marl/limestone in the Lengwu Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lengwu, lower Shiziling Member, Tonglu

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