Lissochonetes magnus Afanasjeva 1977 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: G. A. Afanasjeva. 1977. Suborder Chonetidina, in Pozdnepaleozoyskie produktidy Sibiri i Arktiki. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 161:5-41

Belongs to Lissochonetes according to G. A. Afanasjeva 1977

Sister taxa: Lissochonetes amazonicus, Lissochonetes assula, Lissochonetes avicula, Lissochonetes bipartita, Lissochonetes geinitzianus, Lissochonetes geronticus, Lissochonetes koksuensis, Lissochonetes latus, Lissochonetes morahensis, Lissochonetes parvisulcatus, Lissochonetes rotundatus, Lissochonetes superba, Lissochonetes tareiaensis, Lissochonetes taubensis

Type specimen: PIN 2835/184. Its type locality is Urul'tun River Outcrop 429, Kolyma Massif, which is in a Cisuralian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Urul'tun River Outcrop 429, Kolyma Massif

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