Cimmeriella qiangduensis Sun 1991 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Alternative combination: Globiella qiangduensis

Full reference: D. L. Sun. 1991. Permian (Sakmarian-Artinskian) fauna from Gegyai County, Xizang (Tibet), and its biogeographic significance. Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Permian, Jurassic, and Cretaceous of Rutog Region 215-275

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

See also Sun 1991

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mushirebuca, Yanhu area, Middle Mushirebuca Globiella zone, Gegyai County, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Mushirebuca Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mushirebuca, Yanhu area, Middle Mushirebuca Globiella zone, Gegyai County

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