Tetractinella didymoctenia Xu 1978 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Diplospirellidae

Full reference: G. R. Xu. 1978. Triassic Brachiopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of Southwest China - Sichuan Volume 2:267-314

Belongs to Tetractinella according to G. R. Xu 1978

Sister taxa: Tetractinella biplicatula, Tetractinella cislonensis, Tetractinella cornutula, Tetractinella dyactis, Tetractinella hexagonalis, Tetractinella quadricostata, Tetractinella tetractis, Tetractinella trigonella

Type specimen: Its type locality is Huanglianqiao, Tianjingshan Fm, Jiangyou County, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in the Tianjingshan Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Huanglianqiao, Tianjingshan Fm, Jiangyou County

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