Hunzina mushirebucaensis Sun 1991 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Alternative combination: Elivina mushirebucaensis

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 Hunzina according to L. Angiolini 1995

See also Sun 1991

Sister taxa: Hunzina australasica, Hunzina cundlegoensis, Hunzina electa, Hunzina elegantula, Hunzina etheridgei, Hunzina tenuisulcata

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 epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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