Zeilleria leckenbyi Walker 1878 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Alternative combination: Waldheimia leckenbyi

Belongs to Zeilleria according to J. F. Baeza-Carratalá and B. Sepehriannasab 2014

Sister taxa: Zeilleria (Zeilleria), Zeilleria alpina, Zeilleria aquilina, Zeilleria astartina, Zeilleria austriaca, Zeilleria baldaccii, Zeilleria balkarensis, Zeilleria biappendiculata, Zeilleria bicolor, Zeilleria bucculenta, Zeilleria bukowski, Zeilleria choffati, Zeilleria dedengensis, Zeilleria digona, Zeilleria donetziana, Zeilleria egena, Zeilleria elliotti, Zeilleria elliptica, Zeilleria exigua, Zeilleria guerassimovi, Zeilleria hararina, Zeilleria hudsoni, Zeilleria humeralis, Zeilleria kedonensis, Zeilleria kysylrabatensis, Zeilleria lagenalis, Zeilleria latifrons, Zeilleria lingulata, Zeilleria lituanica, Zeilleria livingstonei, Zeilleria lycetti, Zeilleria mariae, Zeilleria minima, Zeilleria moisseievi, Zeilleria montbisotensis, Zeilleria mutabilis, Zeilleria norica, Zeilleria opuatiaensis, Zeilleria perforata, Zeilleria popilanica, Zeilleria primaria, Zeilleria quadrifida, Zeilleria quiaiosensis, Zeilleria recessa, Zeilleria repanda, Zeilleria rollieri, Zeilleria sacciformis, Zeilleria spiculata, Zeilleria subcensoriensis, Zeilleria subdigona, Zeilleria subnumismalis, Zeilleria subranvilli, Zeilleria subrugata, Zeilleria terezowae, Zeilleria thurwieseri, Zeilleria trautscholdi, Zeilleria truncatella, Zeilleria umbonella, Zeilleria venusta, Zeilleria waehneri, Zeilleria waiohipaensis, Zeilleria waltoni

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Laluk Mountain (Jurassic of Iran)

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