Comelicania megalotis Stache 1878 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Alternative combination: Spirifer megalotis

Synonyms: Comelicania doryphora Merla 1930, Comelicania rostrata Merla 1930, Spirifer (Comelicania) vultur Stache 1878, Spirifer insanus Stache 1878, Spirifer vultur Stache 1878

Belongs to Comelicania according to R. Posenato 1998

See also Schréter 1963

Sister taxa: Comelicania haueri, Comelicania merlai, Spitispirifer bisulcatus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Italy (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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