Plicatifera shanxiulingensis Li and Gu 1980 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Full reference: L. Li and F. Gu. 1980. Late Carboniferous brachiopods from Yanji of Jilin, NE China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 19:483-491

Belongs to Plicatifera according to L. Li and F. Gu 1980

Sister taxa: Plicatifera aksuensis, Plicatifera chaoi, Plicatifera dubius, Plicatifera kolwae, Plicatifera latisulcata, Plicatifera lipoensis, Plicatifera wangi, Productus (Plicatifera) funiculatus

Type specimen: SIGMR U.Br.002. Its type locality is Shanxiuling section, bed 9, Kaishantun, Yanji County, which is in an Asselian marine sandstone in the Shanxiuling Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shanxiuling section, bed 9, Kaishantun, Yanji County

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