Pseudoharttina ovalis Likharev 1934 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Full reference: B. K. Likharev. 1934. Nekotorykh novykh rodakh Verkhnepaleozoyskikh brakhiopod. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 1(4):210-213

Belongs to Pseudoharttina according to F. G. Stehli 1962

See also Licharew 1956 and Likharev 1934

Sister taxon: Pseudoharttina kayi

Type specimen: TsNIGR 809/4424, a shell. Its type locality is Obiravnou River, Ak-Tash region, Darvaz Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Safetdaron Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Obiravnou River, Ak-Tash region, Darvaz Mountains

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