Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Full reference: G. A. Afanasjeva, J. I. Tazawa, and Y. Miyake. 2018. New brachiopod species Leurosina katasumiensis (Chonetida) from the Kungurian Katasumi Limestone of the Kusu area, central Japan. Paleontological Journal 52:389-9393
Belongs to Leurosina according to G. A. Afanasjeva et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Leurosina delicata, Leurosina lata, Leurosina marginata, Leurosina serratoseptata, Leurosina sinesulca, Leurosina vulgarica
Type specimen: PIN 5566/1, a valve (ventral valve). Its type locality is KS-01, Katasumi, Kuzu area, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Nabeyama Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at KS-01, Katasumi, Kuzu area
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