Leptodus lacuna Liang 1990 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae

Alternative combination: Collemataria lacuna

Full reference: W. P. Liang. 1990. Lengwu Formation of Permian and its Brachiopod Fauna in Zhejiang Province. Geological Memoirs 2(10):1-522

Belongs to Leptodus according to H. T. Wu et al. 2022

See also Liang 1990

Sister taxa: Leptodus cancriniformis, Leptodus deminutus, Leptodus elongatus, Leptodus guadalupensis, Leptodus hemisphaericus, Leptodus hoshanensis, Leptodus huangi, Leptodus kaluzinensis, Leptodus lamina, Leptodus minor, Leptodus nobilis, Leptodus oldhaminoides, Leptodus ovatus, Leptodus richthofeni, Leptodus trapezium, Leptodus tumenlingensis, Leptodus wuchangensis, Poikilosakos tongluensis, Lyttonia (Stita), Lyttonia (Vincia), Lyttonia (Irma), Lyttonia (Imperia), Lyttonia (Prisca), Lyttonia (Digitia), Lyttonia (Pirgula), Spinolyttonia arakeljani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Shiziling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal marl/limestone in the Lengwu Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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