Howellites aenigmus Nikiforova 1985 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Alternative combination: Howellites wesenbergensis aenigmus

Belongs to Howellites according to L.R.M. Cocks and T.L. Modzalevskaya 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bed 4. Pryamaya River, Lower Taimyr River Basin, which is in an Ashgill offshore shelf limestone/shale in the Korotkinskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bed 4. Pryamaya River, Lower Taimyr River Basin

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