Pentamerus asiaticus Cocks 1979 (lamp shell)

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

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