Avonia orbiculata Li 1986 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: L. Li. 1986. Brachiopod names, in The Brachiopods and the boundary of Late Carboniferous-Early Permian in Longlin region, Guangxi. Bulletin of the Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 11:217-237

Belongs to Avonia according to L. Li 1986

Sister taxa: Avonia adaucta, Avonia aspereta, Avonia gaominensis, Avonia honeycreekensis, Avonia incrassata, Avonia indianensis, Avonia jalaidensis, Avonia laevicula, Avonia longitubercula, Avonia millespinosa, Avonia moorefieldana, Avonia newarkensis, Avonia oklahomensis, Avonia phanera, Avonia pustulifera, Avonia semicostata, Avonia subtuberculata, Avonia tareiaensis, Avonia uklukayensis, Avonia williamsana, Productus (Avonia) interruptocostatus

Type specimen: Yichang IGMR 562132. Its type locality is GP3, Bunuo section, Changme district, Longlin county, which is in a Gzhelian marine horizon in the Maping Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GP3, Bunuo section, Changme district, Longlin county

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