Thecidellina persica Bitner et al. 2023 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae

Full reference: M. A. Bitner, A. Bahrami, M. Yazdi and K. Zágoršek. 2023. Brachiopods from the Lower Red Formation (Lower Oligocene) of the Isfahan Province, central Iran. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 93:411-422

Belongs to Thecidellina according to M. A. Bitner et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Thecidellina alabamensis, Thecidellina bahamiensis, Thecidellina barretti, Thecidellina blochmanni, Thecidellina congregata, Thecidellina japonica, Thecidellina maxilla, Thecidellina minuta, Thecidellina williamsi

Type specimen: UIGM2004, a shell. Its type locality is Ramsheh (Lower Red Formation), which is in a Rupelian carbonate limestone in the Lower Red Formation of Iran.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ramsheh (Lower Red Formation)

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