Adygella socotrana Gaetani 2018 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Full reference: M. Gaetani. 2018. Taxonomic names, in The Himalayan connection of the Middle Triassic brachiopod fauna from Socotra (Yemen). Bulletin of Geosciences 93:247-268

Belongs to Adygella according to M. Gaetani 2018

Sister taxa: Adygella biplicata, Adygella bittneri, Adygella circulata, Adygella cubanica, Adygella himalayana, Adygella pentagonalis, Adygella rugosoplicata, Adygella subsphaerica

Type specimen: MPUM 11552, a shell

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Yemen (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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