Canalisella sinensis Liu and Waterhouse 1985 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Alternative combination: Elivina sinensis

Full reference: F. Liu and J. B. Waterhouse. 1985. Permian strata and brachiopods from Xiujimqinqi region of Neimongol (Inner Mongolia) autonomous region, China. Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 11(2):1-44

Belongs to Canalisella according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

See also Liu and Waterhouse 1985

Sister taxon: Canalisella leviplica

Type specimen: CCGBH148. Its type locality is Xi Ujimqin Qi, Section 12, Bed 9, Sample P12H6, which is in a Wordian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Zhesi Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xi Ujimqin Qi, Section 12, Bed 9, Sample P12H6

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