Terrakea grandis Ganelin 1977 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Full reference: V. G. Ganelin. 1977. Taxonomic names, in Pozdnepaleozoyskie produktidy Sibiri i Arktiki. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 161:1-220

Belongs to Terrakea according to V. G. Ganelin 1977

Sister taxa: Terrakea arctica, Terrakea arguta, Terrakea borealis, Terrakea brachythaera, Terrakea dickinsi, Terrakea echinata, Terrakea elongata, Terrakea etheridgei, Terrakea exmoorensis, Terrakea hemisphaeroidalis, Terrakea japonica, Terrakea korkodonensis, Terrakea minima, Terrakea nabekoshiyamensis, Terrakea nalivkini, Terrakea pollex, Terrakea quadrata, Terrakea rylstonensis, Terrakea vernacula, Terrakea yanagidai, Saetosina multispinosa

Type specimen: PIN 2834/355. Its type locality is Vodopadnyy Creek, Sample 141, Khivach River, Gizhiga Basin, which is in a Wordian marine siliciclastic in the Omolon Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Vodopadnyy Creek, Sample 141, Khivach River, Gizhiga Basin

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