Orbicoelia flabelliformis Liao 1979 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Alternative combination: Crurithyris flabelliformis

Belongs to Orbicoelia according to Z. Q. Chen 2006

See also Liao 1987, Shen et al. 1995, Wang et al. 1982 and Yang et al. 1986

Sister taxa: Orbicoelia comcincta, Orbicoelia cordata, Orbicoelia dolomitensis, Orbicoelia elongatiformis, Orbicoelia extima, Orbicoelia fraterculus, Orbicoelia guadalupensis, Orbicoelia inflata, Orbicoelia magna, Orbicoelia tholiaphor, Orbicoelia tschernyschewi, Orbicoelia tumibilis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (13 collections)

• Permian to Triassic of China (1)

• Permian of China (26), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence

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