Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Full reference: L. R. M. Cocks. 1979. A silicified brachiopod fauna from the Silurian of Iran. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 32(1):25-42
Belongs to Pentamerus according to L. R. M. Cocks 1979
Sister taxa: Pentamerus (Barrandella), Pentamerus (Supertrilobus), Pentamerus comis, Pentamerus gothlandicus, Pentamerus lotis, Pentamerus oblongus, Pentamerus palaformis
Type specimen: BB 93388, a shell (conjoined valves). Its type locality is 2.5 km northeast of the town of Rabat-e Qarabil, which is in an Aeronian carbonate limestone in the Qarabil Formation of Iran.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 2.5 km northeast of the town of Rabat-e Qarabil
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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