Cimmeriella costellata Shi and Waterhouse 1996 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Alternative combination: Globiella costellata

Full reference: G. R. Shi and J.B. Waterhouse. 1996. Lower Permian brachiopods and molluscs from the upper Jungle Creek Formation, northern Yukon Territory, Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 424:1-241

Belongs to Cimmeriella according to N. W. Archbold and T. Hogeboom 2000

See also Shi and Waterhouse 1996

Sister taxa: Cimmeriella decemplecta, Cimmeriella flexuosa, Cimmeriella foordi, Cimmeriella mucronata, Cimmeriella qiangduensis, Cimmeriella willi

Type specimen: GSC 97060. Its type locality is GSC 53720, Section 116H-1B, Peel River, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Jungle Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (16: Yukon collections)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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