Spiriferella mugunica Pavlova 1991 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Full reference: E. E. Pavlova. 1991. Brachiopod names (Strophalosiidina, Rhynchonellida, Spiriferida). Permian Invertebrates of Southern Mongolia 99-139

Belongs to Spiriferella according to E. E. Pavlova 1991

Sister taxa: Spiriferella antefurcata, Spiriferella arctica, Spiriferella bituchensis, Spiriferella borealica, Spiriferella burgaliensis, Spiriferella calcarata, Spiriferella clypeata, Spiriferella consimilis, Spiriferella embrithes, Spiriferella gloverae, Spiriferella gravis, Spiriferella grunti, Spiriferella hinganensis, Spiriferella hoskingae, Spiriferella interplicata, Spiriferella jilongensis, Spiriferella keilhavii, Spiriferella keilhaviiformis, Spiriferella lata, Spiriferella legrandblaini, Spiriferella levis, Spiriferella loveni, Spiriferella magna, Spiriferella modesta, Spiriferella nepalensis, Spiriferella orientensis, Spiriferella ovata, Spiriferella persaranae, Spiriferella personata, Spiriferella posterosulcata, Spiriferella primaeva, Spiriferella propria, Spiriferella pseudodraschei, Spiriferella pseudotibetana, Spiriferella rajah, Spiriferella salteri, Spiriferella saranae, Spiriferella scobina, Spiriferella scobinoidea, Spiriferella scopulosus, Spiriferella simplex, Spiriferella sinica, Spiriferella subsalteri, Spiriferella sulcifer, Spiriferella supplanta, Spiriferella tetralobata, Spiriferella turusica, Spiriferella unicostata, Spiriferella vaskovskii, Spiriferella vojnowskii, Spiriferella wangi, Spiriferella wimanni, Spiriferella yukonensis

Type specimen: PIN 3385/377. Its type locality is Mugun-Obo Mountain, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Tsagan-Ula Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mugun-Obo Mountain

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