†Auriculispina kanmerai Tazawa and Shintani 2015 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Full reference: J. I. Tazawa and T. Shintani. 2015. Early Permian (Sakmarian) brachiopods from the Nagaiwa-Sakamotozawa area, South Kitakami belt, northeastern Japan, part 3: Productidina. Science Reports, Niigata University (Geology) 30:39-55
Belongs to Auriculispina according to J. I. Tazawa and T. Shintani 2015
Sister taxon: Auriculispina levis
Type specimen: NU-B1882, a valve (ventral valve). Its type locality is SK27, Imahorazawa, which is in a Sakmarian marine shale in the Sakamotosawa Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at SK27, Imahorazawa
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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