Septospirigerella lingula 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 megridagica, Septospirigerella ovata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Suishui, Anxian County, which is in a Lacian marine horizon in the Kuahongdong Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Suishui, Anxian County

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