Parastrophina pentagonalis Nikiforova 1989 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae

Alternative combination: Parastrophina lindstromi pentagonalis

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

Sister taxa: Parastrophina anceps, Parastrophina angulosa, Parastrophina balcletchiensis, Parastrophina bilobata, Parastrophina dura, Parastrophina hemiplicata, Parastrophina iliana, Parastrophina lindstroemi, Parastrophina lindstromi, Parastrophina minor, Parastrophina plena, Parastrophina portentosa, Parastrophina scotica

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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