Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Full reference: J. Tazawa and S. Z. Shen. 1997. Middle Permian brachiopods from Hiyomo, Mino Belt, central Japan: their provincial relationships with North America. Science Reports, Niigata University, Series E 12:1-17
Belongs to Lepidospirifer according to J. Tazawa and S. Z. Shen 1997
Sister taxa: Lepidospirifer angulatus, Lepidospirifer costellus, Lepidospirifer demissus, Lepidospirifer inferus
Type specimen: NU-B85. Its type locality is Ryomenkutsu, Hiyomo, Kohachigagawa Valley, which is in an Ufimian/Kubergandian carbonate limestone in Japan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ryomenkutsu, Hiyomo, Kohachigagawa Valley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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