Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Enteletidae
Alternative combination: Enteletes subaequivalis
Synonym: Meekella sparsiplicata He and Shi 2014
Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1899. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Brachiopoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche Palermo 21:95-202
Belongs to Enteletes according to W. H. He et al. 2019
See also de Gregorio 1930, Diener 1903, Fantini Sestini 1965, Gemmellaro 1899, He and Shi 2014, He et al. 2019, Jin and Ye 1979, Niu et al. 2003, Yang 1984 and Yang et al. 1977
Sister taxa: Enteletes acutiplicatus, Enteletes andii, Enteletes andrewsi, Enteletes angulatoplicata, Enteletes angulatus, Enteletes asymmatrosis, Enteletes bowsheri, Enteletes carnicus, Enteletes carniolicus, Enteletes conjunctus, Enteletes costellatus, Enteletes densus, Enteletes dieneri, Enteletes dumblei, Enteletes dzhagrensis, Enteletes elegans, Enteletes elegans, Enteletes exiguus, Enteletes ferrugineus, Enteletes geniculatus, Enteletes gibbosus, Enteletes globosus, Enteletes granti, Enteletes haugi, Enteletes hemiplicata, Enteletes huadongensis, Enteletes imperans, Enteletes intermedius, Enteletes kayseri, Enteletes khammonensis, Enteletes laevissimus, Enteletes lamarckii, Enteletes lateroplicatus, Enteletes leonardensis, Enteletes liumbonus, Enteletes lukouensis, Enteletes meridionalis, Enteletes merzbacheri, Enteletes microplocus, Enteletes mioplicata, Enteletes multiplicatus, Enteletes najae, Enteletes nodosus, Enteletes nucleolus, Enteletes obscura, Enteletes obsoletus, Enteletes oehlerti, Enteletes pentameroides, Enteletes plummeri, Enteletes pusilloplicata, Enteletes retardata, Enteletes rotundobesus, Enteletes salopeki, Enteletes singularis, Enteletes socialis, Enteletes spinosus, Enteletes stehlii, Enteletes subcircularis, Enteletes subnudus, Enteletes subobesa, Enteletes talimuheensis, Enteletes tenuistriatus, Enteletes transversus, Enteletes tschernyscheffi, Enteletes tschernyschewi, Enteletes waageni, Enteletes wannanensis, Enteletes wolfcampensis, Enteletes wordensis, Punctoproductus eximius
Type specimens:
- Enteletes subaequivalvis: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy
- Meekella sparsiplicata: CUG DP-2-348, a valve (dorsal valve). Its type locality is Dongpan section, bed 2, Fusui County, which is in a Changhsingian basinal (siliceous) chert/mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (7 collections), Italy (2), Pakistan (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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