Anisopleurella asiatica Rong et al. 2013 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Full reference: J. Rong, B. Huang, R. B. Zhan and D. A. Harper. 2013. Latest Ordovician and earliest Silurian brachiopods succeeding the Hirnantia fauna in south-east China. Special Papers in Palaeontology 90:1-142

Belongs to Anisopleurella according to B. Huang et al. 2019

See also Rong et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Anisopleurella anceps, Anisopleurella antiqua, Anisopleurella balclatchiensis, Anisopleurella tricostata, Anisopleurella tricostellata, Anisopleurella yichangensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at YMS-02. Shaodihe section, Mangshi (Ordovician of China)

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