Wellerella polycostata Glushenko 1975 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Full reference: I. V. Glushenko. 1975. Brakhiopody nizhney Permi i iz znachenie dlya stratigrahii vostochno-Ukrainskogo Neftegazonosnogo basseyna. Stratigrafiya Verkhnego Paleozoya i Nizhnego Mezozoya Dneprovsko-Donetskoy Vpadiny 83-118

Belongs to Wellerella according to I. V. Glushenko 1975

Sister taxa: Wellerella arthaberi, Wellerella bidentata, Wellerella connivens, Wellerella delicatula, Wellerella girtyi, Wellerella globosa, Wellerella granum, Wellerella hemiplicata, Wellerella lemasi, Wellerella longiplicata, Wellerella minuta, Wellerella multiplicata, Wellerella nitidula, Wellerella osagensis, Wellerella rotunda, Wellerella saxatilis, Wellerella tetrahedra, Wellerella texana, Wellerella truncata

Type specimen: UkrNIIGaz 1/32-2, a shell. Its type locality is Skosyrskaya area, well 2323, 541 m depth, which is in an Asselian marine horizon in the Kalitvenskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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