Echinauris zhexiensis Liang 1990 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

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 Echinauris according to W. P. Liang 1990

Sister taxa: Echinauris bella, Echinauris boulei, Echinauris circularis, Echinauris crassa, Echinauris dorsoconcava, Echinauris doulingensis, Echinauris huehuetenanguensis, Echinauris interrupta, Echinauris irregularis, Echinauris jisuensis, Echinauris lappacea, Echinauris lateralis, Echinauris liumbona, Echinauris magna, Echinauris newberryi, Echinauris opuntia, Echinauris parva, Echinauris productelloides, Echinauris subhorrida, Echinauris subquadrata, Echinauris venustula

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 low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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