Rugaria exquisita Yang 1991 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: D. L. Yang. 1991. The brachiopod fauna of Early Permian early Qixia stage, Yishan area, Guangxi and its significance. Bulletin of the Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 17:81-92

Belongs to Rugaria according to D. L. Yang 1991

Sister taxa: Rugaria crassa, Rugaria hessensis, Rugaria molengraaffi, Rugaria pajchoica, Rugaria semicircularis

Type specimen: IV47608. Its type locality is Yishan section GY147, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yishan section GY147

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