Lamniplica Waterhouse and Ranga Rao 1989 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse and A. Ranga Rao. 1989. Early Permian brachiopod and bivalve species from the Bap Formation of Peninsula India. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 63:25-39

Parent taxon: Paraspiriferinidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Waterhouse and Ranga Rao 1989

Sister taxa: Callispirina, Paraspiriferina, Yaonoiella, Zaissania

Subtaxa: Lamniplica punctata Lamniplica sapa

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Type: Lamniplica punctata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of India (1 collection), Malaysia (3), Thailand (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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