Wufengella Guo et al. 2022 (lamp shell)

Brachiopoda - Tommotiida

Full reference: J. Guo, L. A. Parry, J. Vinther, G. D. Edgecombe, F. Wei, J. Zhao, Y. Zhao, O. Béthoux, X. Lei, A. Chen, X. Hou, T. Chen, and P. Cong. 2022. A Cambrian tommotiid preserving soft tissues reveals the metameric ancestry of lophophorates. Current Biology 32:4769-4778

Parent taxon: Tommotiida according to J. Guo et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Eccentrotheca, Kelanellidae, Kennardiidae, Kulparina, Lapworthellidae, Mitrosagophora, Paterimitra, Porcauricula, Shetlandia, Sunnaginiidae, Tannuolinidae, Tommotiidae

Subtaxa: Wufengella bengtsoni

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Type: Wufengella bengtsoni

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Haikou [Yuanshan Fm (formerly Qiongzhusi)] (Cambrian of China)

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