Plicatifera wangi Chang 1987 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: M. L. Chang. 1987. Fossil brachiopoda from Chihsia Formation, Anqing, Anhui. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 26:753-766

Belongs to Plicatifera according to M. L. Chang 1987

Sister taxa: Plicatifera aksuensis, Plicatifera chaoi, Plicatifera dubius, Plicatifera kolwae, Plicatifera latisulcata, Plicatifera lipoensis, Plicatifera shanxiulingensis, Productus (Plicatifera) funiculatus

Type specimen: NIGP 97307, a valve (ventral valve). Its type locality is Bailujian, Bed 2, Anqing County, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal wackestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bailujian, Bed 2, Anqing County

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