Chonetinella lengwuensis Liang 1990 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

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 Chonetinella according to W. P. Liang 1990

Sister taxa: Chonetinella ainimi, Chonetinella baomoshanensis, Chonetinella biplicata, Chonetinella ciboloensis, Chonetinella crassiparva, Chonetinella flemingi, Chonetinella gerontica, Chonetinella gibberulus, Chonetinella granti, Chonetinella intercalata, Chonetinella iwakiensis, Chonetinella krotovi, Chonetinella makovi, Chonetinella noenygaardi, Chonetinella parva, Chonetinella shanaensis, Chonetinella sinuata, Chonetinella spinolirata, Chonetinella taimyrensis, Chonetinella transversa, Chonetinella unisulcata, Chonetinella uralica, Chonetinella verneuilana, Chonetinella volitanliopsis

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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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