Spiriferellina nanbuensis Tazawa and Shintani 2014 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

Full reference: J. I. Tazawa and T. Shintani. 2014. Early Permian (Sakmarian) brachiopods from Kamiyasse, South Kitakami Belt, northeast Japan. Science Reports, Niigata University (Geology) 29:13-41

Belongs to Spiriferellina according to J. I. Tazawa and T. Shintani 2014

Sister taxa: Spiriferellina aduncata, Spiriferellina aequiplicata, Spiriferellina altiplecusformis, Spiriferellina anguliplica, Spiriferellina baywullensis, Spiriferellina bilotensis, Spiriferellina cambodgiensis, Spiriferellina cristata, Spiriferellina discoformis, Spiriferellina disparata, Spiriferellina elegantula, Spiriferellina enteleteformis, Spiriferellina excelens, Spiriferellina hilli, Spiriferellina hochuanensis, Spiriferellina lacunosa, Spiriferellina lata, Spiriferellina nasuta, Spiriferellina nasuta, Spiriferellina neerkolensis, Spiriferellina netschajewi, Spiriferellina nuda, Spiriferellina orientalis, Spiriferellina paucicostata, Spiriferellina pauciplicata, Spiriferellina pokrowskensis, Spiriferellina quadriplicata, Spiriferellina quantula, Spiriferellina rouxi, Spiriferellina tareica, Spiriferellina tricosa, Spiriferellina triquetra, Spiriferellina vercherei, Spiriferellina vescula, Spiriferellina yanagidai, Spiriferellina zewanensis

Type specimen: NU-B1525, a valve (ventral valve). Its type locality is KY3, Hosoozawa valley, Kamiyasse, which is in a Sakmarian marine sandstone in the Nakadaira Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at KY3, Hosoozawa valley, Kamiyasse

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