Sphenorhynchia subplicata Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Prionorhynchiidae

Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Belongs to Sphenorhynchia according to S. S. Buckman 1917

Sister taxa: Sphenorhynchia angulata, Sphenorhynchia asymmetrica, Sphenorhynchia aviformis, Sphenorhynchia bugeysiaca, Sphenorhynchia ferryi, Sphenorhynchia glaronensis, Sphenorhynchia latereplanata, Sphenorhynchia matisconensis, Sphenorhynchia multicostata, Sphenorhynchia plicatella, Sphenorhynchia plicatelloides, Sphenorhynchia tatiensis, Sphenorhynchia theresiae, Sphenorhynchia varicostata, Sphenorhynchia zraigensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ta-Ti, which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in the Namyau Beds Formation of Myanmar

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ta-Ti

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