Marginifera minor King 1931 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida

Alternative combination: Marginifera popei minor

Full reference: R. E. King. 1931. The Geology of the Glass Mountains, Texas, Part II, Faunal summary and correlation of the Permian formations with description of Brachiopoda. The University of Texas Bulletin 3042:1-245

Belongs to Marginifera according to M. A. Torres-Martínez et al. 2019

See also King 1931

Sister taxa: Marginifera (Arenaria), Marginifera (Marginifera), Marginifera (Nesiotia), Marginifera adairensis, Marginifera aliensis, Marginifera andreai, Marginifera bicostala, Marginifera brevisulcata, Marginifera carniolica, Marginifera costalliformis, Marginifera costellata, Marginifera depressa, Marginifera elongatoides, Marginifera ganota, Marginifera gibbosa, Marginifera gobiensis, Marginifera haydenensis, Marginifera hubeiensis, Marginifera involuta, Marginifera jalaidensis, Marginifera juresanensis, Marginifera lebedevi, Marginifera longispina, Marginifera madagascariensis, Marginifera magniplicata, Marginifera morrisi, Marginifera multicostellata, Marginifera nathorstfjordensis, Marginifera nesiotes, Marginifera orvini, Marginifera parahimalayensis, Marginifera planocosta, Marginifera popovkaensis, Marginifera profundosulcata, Marginifera qaganqulutica, Marginifera qamarensis, Marginifera schartimiensiformis, Marginifera schellwieni, Marginifera semigratiosa, Marginifera septentrionalis, Marginifera sexcostata, Marginifera spinulifera, Marginifera tetraspina, Marginifera timanica, Marginifera unsulcata, Marginifera uralica, Marginifera vihiana, Marginifera yanhuensis, Marginifera zhongbaensis, Productus (Marginifera) acutocurvatus, Productus (Marginifera) gerassimovi, Productus (Marginifera) nikchitchi, Productus (Marginifera) simkini, Productus (Marginifera) spatiosus, Productus (Marginifera) subornatus, Strigospina lineata, Strigospina uguibaoensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Las Manuelas I section, level A (Permian of Mexico)

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