Bandaleta bicornigera Nikitin 1974 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae

Alternative combination: Taphrodonta bicornigera

Belongs to Bandaleta according to I. F. Nikitin and L. E. Popov 1996

See also Cocks and Rong 1989

Sister taxon: Bandaleta plana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shiderty River, Narulgen, which is in a Sandbian carbonate horizon in the Sarybidaik Formation of Kazakhstan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shiderty River, Narulgen

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