Eliva depressa Liao and Meng 1986 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

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 Eliva according to Z. T. Liao and F. Y. Meng 1986

Sister taxa: Eliva lyra, Eliva mignon, Eliva panduriformis, Eliva timorensis, Eliva xinjiangensis

Type specimen: NIGP 74193. Its type locality is Dapaichong, Huatang, Chenxian County, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dapaichong, Huatang, Chenxian County

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