Licharewiella plicosa Waagen 1884 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Alternative combinations: Costalosia plicosa, Strophalosia (Heteralosia) plicosa, Strophalosia plicosa

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1884. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 4. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):611-728

Belongs to Licharewiella according to H. T. Wu et al. 2022

See also Reed 1931, Reed 1944, Waagen 1884 and Waterhouse and Shah 1966

Sister taxa: Licharewiella bifurcata, Licharewiella costata, Licharewiella liangyangensis, Magniderbyia magnifica, Magniderbyia dashizhaiensis, Megaderbyia transversalis, Truncatenia plicata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chittawan Near Ghari, Lower Fossiliferous Sandstone, Salt Range (Wynne), which is in a Wordian marine carbonate/sandstone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Myanmar (1 collection), Pakistan (19)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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