Purdonella markovskii Zavodowsky 1968 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Full reference: V. M. Zavodowsky. 1968. Purdonella. Novye Vidy Drevnikh Rasteniy i Bespozvonochnykh SSSR 2:167-168

Belongs to Purdonella according to V. M. Zavodowsky 1968

Sister taxa: Purdonella malingensis, Purdonella merlai, Purdonella nikitini, Purdonella sadai, Purdonella semiovalis, Purdonella soderberghi, Purdonella tschernyschewiformis, Spirifer (Purdonella) conformis, Spirifer (Purdonella) limitaris

Type specimen: TsGM 105-107/8234. Its type locality is Popovka River, volcanic tuffs, Kolyma Basin (Zavodowsky coll), which is in an Asselian marine tuff in the Bugali Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Popovka River, volcanic tuffs, Kolyma Basin (Zavodowsky coll)

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