Prelissorhynchia xui Chen and Shi 1999 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae

Full reference: Z.Q. Chen and G. R. Shi. 1999. Revision of Prelissorhynchia Xu & Grant, 1994 (Brachiopoda) from the Upper Permian of South China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 111(1):15-26

Belongs to Prelissorhynchia according to Z.Q. Chen and G. R. Shi 1999

Sister taxa: Prelissorhynchia dorashamensis, Prelissorhynchia pavonine, Prelissorhynchia pseudoutah, Prelissorhynchia subrotunda, Prelissorhynchia triplicatioid

Type specimen: USNM 456064. Its type locality is Banzhuyuan Section, Nantong County, which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Banzhuyuan Section, Nantong County

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