†Bandaleta plana Nikitin and Popov 1996 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Full reference: I. F. Nikitin and L. E. Popov. 1996. Strophomenid and triplesiid brachiopods from an Upper Ordovician carbonate mound in central Kazakhstan. Alcheringa 20:1-20
Belongs to Bandaleta according to I. F. Nikitin and L. E. Popov 1996
Sister taxon: Bandaleta bicornigera
Type specimen: Its type locality is F-1014 Sortan-Manai salt marsh, Betpak-Dala desert, mud mound, which is in a Katian reef, buildup or bioherm floatstone in the Dulankara Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at F-1014. Sortan-Manai salt marsh, Betpak-Dala desert, mud mound
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