Aphelesia sanctapaulensis Pajaud 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Alternative combination: Phapsirhynchia sanctapaulensis

Full reference: D. Pajaud. 1976. Les brachiopodes du Pliocène I de la Sierra de Santa Pola (sud d'Alicante, Espagne): Terebratula terebratula (Linné, 1758) et Phapsirhynchia sanctapaulensis nov. gen., nov. sp. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 96:99-106

Belongs to Aphelesia according to D. García Ramos 2005

See also Pajaud 1976

Sister taxa: Aphelesia bipartita, Aphelesia margineplicata, Aphelesia plicatodentata, Aphelesia supraoligocaenica, Aphelesia winebergeri

Type specimen: UPMC J5, a shell. Its type locality is Sierra de Santa Pola, sample J, which is in a Zanclean carbonate marl in Spain.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Spain (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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