Ploughsharella diminuta Zhan 1989 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida

Full reference: L. P. Zhan. 1989. Brachiopoda. Study on the Permian-Triassic Biostratigraphy and Event Stratigraphy of Northern Sichuan and Southern Shaanxi 205-211

Belongs to Ploughsharella according to L. P. Zhan 1989

Sister taxon: Ploughsharella putaoshanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xikou, Zhen'an County (Yundoutan Fm), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Yundoutan Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xikou, Zhen'an County (Yundoutan Fm)

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