Alatochonetes alata 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 Alatochonetes according to S. Z. Shen et al. 2017

See also Liang 1990

Sister taxa: none

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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