Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Full reference: K. Nakamura. 1972. Permian Davidsoniacea from the southern Kitakami Mountains, Japan. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 15:361-425
Belongs to Orthothetina according to K. Nakamura 1972
Sister taxa: Orthothetina azarjani, Orthothetina caojiayingensis, Orthothetina convergens, Orthothetina curvata, Orthothetina deminuta, Orthothetina dzhulfensis, Orthothetina ellipsoides, Orthothetina elongata, Orthothetina emaciatus, Orthothetina eusarkos, Orthothetina frechi, Orthothetina gigantea, Orthothetina hayasakai, Orthothetina iljinae, Orthothetina kayseri, Orthothetina ladina, Orthothetina leei, Orthothetina mianzhuensis, Orthothetina neilsoni, Orthothetina peregrina, Orthothetina persica, Orthothetina planoconvexa, Orthothetina polita, Orthothetina regularis, Orthothetina ruber, Orthothetina ruchae, Orthothetina shuangtangensis, Orthothetina sokolskajae, Orthothetina thomasi, Orthothetina triangularis, Orthothetina vediensis, Orthothetina yanziyanensis, Orthothetina yishanensis, Orthothetina yuananensis, Orthothetina zhejiangensis
Type specimen: UHR 13573. Its type locality is Imo, Yahagi, Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, Nakamura loc, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Kanokura Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Imo, Yahagi, Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, Nakamura loc
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