Incisius huatangensis Liao and Meng 1986 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida

Full reference: Z. T. Liao and F. Y. Meng. 1986. Late Changxingian brachiopods from Huatang of Chenxian County, southern Hunan. Memoir of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica 22:71-97

Belongs to Incisius according to Z. T. Liao and F. Y. Meng 1986

Sister taxa: Incisius incisus, Incisius longlinensis, Incisius spiralis

Type specimen: NIGP 74172. Its type locality is Sanhe Section, Changxing Fm, Huatang, Chenxian, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sanhe Section, Changxing Fm, Huatang, Chenxian

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