Rhipidomella imitatrix Diener 1911 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae

Full reference: C. Diener. 1911. Anthracolithic fossils of the Shan States. Palaeontologia Indica, New Series 3(4):1-74

Belongs to Rhipidomella according to C. Diener 1911

Sister taxa: Rhipidomella acutisulcata, Rhipidomella burlingtonensis, Rhipidomella carbonaria, Rhipidomella caucasica, Rhipidomella cora, Rhipidomella corallina, Rhipidomella cordialis, Rhipidomella diminutiva, Rhipidomella dzhuvankarensis, Rhipidomella fortimuscula, Rhipidomella henryhousensis, Rhipidomella hessensis, Rhipidomella hispidula, Rhipidomella jerseyensis, Rhipidomella kharaulakhensis, Rhipidomella lyelliana, Rhipidomella magna, Rhipidomella miaolingensis, Rhipidomella michelini, Rhipidomella miscella, Rhipidomella missouriensis, Rhipidomella obesiconcha, Rhipidomella oklahomensis, Rhipidomella orthogonia, Rhipidomella parva, Rhipidomella parvula, Rhipidomella pecosi, Rhipidomella penniana, Rhipidomella perminuta, Rhipidomella pressula, Rhipidomella subcircularis, Rhipidomella subtriangularis, Rhipidomella tenuicostata, Rhipidomella thiemei, Rhipidomella uralica, Rhipidomella vanuxemi, Rhipidomella vediensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kehsi Mansam, which is in a Roadian/Wordian carbonate limestone in the Thitsipin Limestone Formation of Myanmar

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kehsi Mansam

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