Chuiella aitegouensis Chen and Shi 1999 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae

Full reference: Z. Q. Chen and G. R. Shi. 1999. Chuiella gen. nov. (Brachiopoda) and palaeoecology from the Lower Carboniferous of the Kunlun Mountains, NW China. Alcheringa 23:259-275

Belongs to Chuiella according to Z. Q. Chen and G. R. Shi 1999

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Aitegou section, Damusi area, Bed 9 (Carboniferous of China)

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