Perigeyerella zhinanensis Liang 1990 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

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 Perigeyerella according to W. P. Liang 1990

Sister taxa: Perigeyerella chenxianensis, Perigeyerella costellata, Perigeyerella elongata, Perigeyerella fastigiata, Perigeyerella guangxiensis, Perigeyerella miriae, Perigeyerella obesa, Perigeyerella raffaellae, Perigeyerella rutehiana, Perigeyerella tricosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Lengwu Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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