Krotovia 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 Krotovia according to L. Li and F. Gu 1980

Sister taxa: Krotovia aculeata, Krotovia barenzi, Krotovia burmana, Krotovia echinata, Krotovia elegans, Krotovia latisulcata, Krotovia licharewi, Krotovia lineata, Krotovia longlinensis, Krotovia mapingensis, Krotovia nasuta, Krotovia oregonensis, Krotovia parva, Krotovia pustulata, Krotovia spinulosa, Krotovia tundrae, Krotovia wallaciana, Krotovia yakovlevi

Type specimen: SIGMR U.Br.004. 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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