Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
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 Triplesia according to I. F. Nikitin and L. E. Popov 1996
Sister taxa: Triplesia calcifera, Triplesia carinata, Triplesia craigensis, Triplesia edgelliana, Triplesia eospiriferoides, Triplesia extans, Triplesia girvanensis, Triplesia hintsae, Triplesia iberica, Triplesia insularis, Triplesia maennili, Triplesia monilifera, Triplesia subcarinata, Triplesia woodlandensis, Triplesia yichangensis, Triplesia zhejiangensis
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 low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at F-1014. Sortan-Manai salt marsh, Betpak-Dala desert, mud mound
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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