Levinotothyris rotunda Smirnova 2007 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

Full reference: T. N. Smirnova. 2007. Permian terebratulids of Eurasia: morphology, systematics, and phylogeny. Paleontological Journal 41(7):707-813

Belongs to Levinotothyris according to T. N. Smirnova 2007

Sister taxa: Levinotothyris dmitrievi, Levinotothyris salomonense

Type specimen: PIN 2228/1001, a shell. Its type locality is Mamazair River Basin, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in the Kizildjilginskii Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Tajikistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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