Uncinunellina multiplicata Liao 1979 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Full reference: Z. T. Liao. 1979. Uppermost Carboniferous brachiopods from western Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(6):527-546

Belongs to Uncinunellina according to Z. T. Liao 1979

Sister taxa: Uncinunellina amor, Uncinunellina exilis, Uncinunellina hayasakai, Uncinunellina jabiensis, Uncinunellina mitigata, Uncinunellina mongolica, Uncinunellina multicostata, Uncinunellina piqiangensis, Uncinunellina postera, Uncinunellina pulchra, Uncinunellina rotunda, Uncinunellina sangzhiensis, Uncinunellina shikokuensis, Uncinunellina siculus, Uncinunellina tenuis, Uncinunellina timorensis, Uncinunellina wangenheimi

Type specimen: NIGP 51354. Its type locality is Longyin, Shazitang Fm, Pu'an County, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Shazitang Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Longyin, Shazitang Fm, Pu'an County

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