Orthothetina ruchae Yanagida and Nakornsri 1999 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Full reference: J. Yanagida and N. Nakornsri. 1999. Permian brachiopods from the Khao Hin Kling area near Phetchabun, north-central Thailand. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 18:105-136

Belongs to Orthothetina according to S. Z. Shen et al. 2016

See also Yanagida and Nakornsri 1999

Sister taxa: Orthothetina azarjani, Orthothetina caojiayingensis, Orthothetina convergens, Orthothetina curvata, Orthothetina deminuta, Orthothetina dzhulfensis, Orthothetina ellipsoides, Orthothetina elongata, Orthothetina emaciatus, Orthothetina eusarkos, Orthothetina frechi, Orthothetina gigantea, Orthothetina hayasakai, Orthothetina iljinae, Orthothetina kayseri, Orthothetina ladina, Orthothetina leei, Orthothetina mianzhuensis, Orthothetina neilsoni, Orthothetina peregrina, Orthothetina persica, Orthothetina planoconvexa, Orthothetina polita, Orthothetina regularis, Orthothetina ruber, Orthothetina shuangtangensis, Orthothetina sokolskajae, Orthothetina thomasi, Orthothetina transversa, Orthothetina triangularis, Orthothetina vediensis, Orthothetina yanziyanensis, Orthothetina yishanensis, Orthothetina yuananensis, Orthothetina zhejiangensis

Type specimen: KMNH IvP 610,023, a valve (ventral valve). Its type locality is Khlong Wang Ang, Locality A (860809-01), which is in a Wordian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Tak Fa Formation of Thailand.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (3 collections), Thailand (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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