Septospirigerella ovata Xu 1978 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

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

Belongs to Septospirigerella according to G. R. Xu 1978

Sister taxa: Septospirigerella applanata, Septospirigerella baissalensis, Septospirigerella felinella, Septospirigerella geranossica, Septospirigerella grandis, Septospirigerella harrisoni, Septospirigerella lingula, Septospirigerella megridagica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Qugasi, Yidun County, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in the Qugasi Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Qugasi, Yidun County

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