Lissochonetes avicula Waagen 1884 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Alternative combination: Chonetes avicula

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1884. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 4. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):611-728

Belongs to Lissochonetes according to D. Shimizu 1961

See also Waagen 1884

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Khura, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Japan (4 collections), Pakistan (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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