Anisopleurella antiqua Popov et al. 2016 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Full reference: L. E. Popov, M. R. Kebriaee-Zadeh, and M. Ghobadi Pour. 2016. Emergence of the Saucrorthis Fauna in the Middle Ordovician of northern Iran. Australasian Palaeontological Memoirs 49:485-514

Belongs to Anisopleurella according to L. E. Popov et al. 2016

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

Type specimen: NMW 2014.26G.76. Its type locality is DM-A/11. unnamed valley about 1 km northeast of the Qalyankesh Mountain, which is in a Darriwilian marine sandstone/ironstone in the Lashkarak Formation of Iran.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at DM-A/11. unnamed valley about 1 km northeast of the Qalyankesh Mountain

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