Punastrophia Benedetto 2001 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clarkellidae

Full reference: J. L. Benedetto. 2001. Una fauna de braquiópodos arenigianos (Ordovícico temprano) en rocas volcanoclásticas de la Puna occidental de Argentina: implicaciones paleoclimáticas y paleogeográficas. Ameghiniana 38(2):131-146

Parent taxon: Clarkellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Acanthoglypha, Calliglypha, Clarkella, Diaphelasma, Fenxiangella, Parallelostrophia, Stichotrophia, Syntrophina, Syntrophinella, Yangtzeella

Subtaxa: Punastrophia multiseptata

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Type: Punastrophia multiseptata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Punastrophia in the database

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