Gruntallina Waterhouse and Gupta 1986 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse and V. J. Gupta. 1986. A significant new Permian athyrid brachiopod from the uppermost Gungri Formation (Kuling or Productus Shale) at Spiti, and its implications for classification and correlation DATA NOT ENTERED: SEE M. Clapham FOR DETAILS. Bulletin of the Indian Geologists' Association 19(1):45-56

Parent taxon: Comelicaniinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Comelicania

Subtaxa: Gruntallina triangularis

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Azerbaijan (3), Iran (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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