Chonetes chamishkjensis Licharew 1937 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae

Full reference: B. Licharew. 1937. Brachiopoda of the Permian system of USSR, Fasc. I. Permian Brachiopoda of north Caucasus, families Chonetidae Hall et Clarke and Productidae Gray. Paleontology of USSR Monographs 39:1-151

Belongs to Chonetes according to B. Licharew 1937

Sister taxa: Chonetes baragwanathi, Chonetes chaoi, Chonetes cherokeensis, Chonetes chesterensis, Chonetes compressa, Chonetes concentricus, Chonetes deflecta, Chonetes deliciasensis, Chonetes dereimsii, Chonetes flemingi, Chonetes foedus, Chonetes glabra, Chonetes glenparkensis, Chonetes gregarius, Chonetes illinoisensis, Chonetes laevis, Chonetes logani, Chonetes mesoloba, Chonetes missouriensis, Chonetes moelleri, Chonetes monosensis, Chonetes multicosta, Chonetes obtusa, Chonetes oklahomensis, Chonetes phosphoriensis, Chonetes pinegensis, Chonetes planumbona, Chonetes platynota, Chonetes posturalicus, Chonetes pygmoideus, Chonetes rarispina, Chonetes semiovalis, Chonetes shumardiana, Chonetes sichuanensis, Chonetes sinuatus, Chonetes squama, Chonetes suavis, Chonetes timanica, Chonetes variolaris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Raskol Cliff, NW Caucasus, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Urushten Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Raskol Cliff, NW Caucasus

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