Derbyia sakamotozawensis Shintani 2011 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae

Full reference: T. Shintani. 2011. Orthotetoids from the Lower Permian (Sakmarian) of the Nagaiwa-Sakamotozawa area, South Kitakami Belt, northeast Japan. Science Reports, Niigata University (Geology) 26:73-90

Belongs to Derbyia according to T. Shintani 2011

Sister taxa: Derbya bennetti, Derbya robusta, Derbyia achengensis, Derbyia acutangula, Derbyia acutiplicata, Derbyia altestriata, Derbyia arellanoi, Derbyia arizonensis, Derbyia auriplexa, Derbyia baroghilensis, Derbyia bella, Derbyia bilobata, Derbyia buchi, Derbyia buriensis, Derbyia carteri, Derbyia cincinnata, Derbyia complicata, Derbyia crassa, Derbyia crenulata, Derbyia cymbula, Derbyia daliangensis, Derbyia deltauriculata, Derbyia dirata, Derbyia diversa, Derbyia dorsoplana, Derbyia dorsosulcata, Derbyia duomaensis, Derbyia dupliciseptata, Derbyia elevata, Derbyia elongata, Derbyia expansa, Derbyia exserta, Derbyia filosa, Derbyia gigantea, Derbyia grandis, Derbyia guidingensis, Derbyia hardmani, Derbyia haroubi, Derbyia hemisphaerica, Derbyia hooserensis, Derbyia informis, Derbyia laqueata, Derbyia lotanggangensis, Derbyia magnus, Derbyia metzi, Derbyia mongolica, Derbyia multicostellatus, Derbyia mutabilis, Derbyia nasuta, Derbyia nigpi, Derbyia nipponica, Derbyia otoeis, Derbyia pannucia, Derbyia pannuciella, Derbyia pararegularis, Derbyia parasitica, Derbyia perplexus, Derbyia plicatella, Derbyia postplicatella, Derbyia profunda, Derbyia regis, Derbyia regularis, Derbyia rudicula, Derbyia schellwieni, Derbyia scitula, Derbyia scobina, Derbyia senbaensis, Derbyia simplicis, Derbyia speciosa, Derbyia striolata, Derbyia strophomenoidea, Derbyia subaurita, Derbyia subsinuata, Derbyia sulca, Derbyia sulcata, Derbyia sultanensis, Derbyia texta, Derbyia vercherei, Derbyia waageni, Derbyia wabaunseensis, Derbyia yeerqiangensis, Derbyia yongjiensis, Derbyia yukisawensis, Derbyia (Plicatoderbyia) aemula, Pseudoderbyia netschajewi

Type specimen: NU-B1273. Its type locality is SK14, Mount Tashiroyama, which is in a Sakmarian marine sandstone in the Sakamotosawa Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at SK14, Mount Tashiroyama

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