Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Alternative combination: Ujukella alexandrae

Synonym: Ujukella minima Andreev 1993

Full reference: D. A. Andreev. 1993. New Ordovician plectambonitacean brachiopods from Tuva and Leningrad Oblast. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1993:50-55

Belongs to Anechophragma according to A. A. Madison 2013

See also Andreev 1993 and Egerquist 1999

Sister taxa: Anechophragma rarum, Ujukella fastigata

Type specimens:

• Anechophragma alexandrae: PIN 4461/2a, a valve (exterior of ventral valve). Its type locality is Uyuk River, Tuva, which is in a Llanvirn carbonate horizon in the Tarlikskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.
• Ujukella minima: PIN 4461/20, a valve (internal cast of dorsal valve).

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Uyuk River, Tuva

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.