Orbicoelia tschernyschewi Licharew 1939 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Alternative combination: Crurithyris tschernyschewi

Belongs to Orbicoelia according to R. Posenato 2005

See also Fantini Sestini 1965 and Fantini Sestini 1965

Sister taxa: Orbicoelia comcincta, Orbicoelia cordata, Orbicoelia dolomitensis, Orbicoelia elongatiformis, Orbicoelia extima, Orbicoelia flabelliformis, Orbicoelia fraterculus, Orbicoelia guadalupensis, Orbicoelia inflata, Orbicoelia magna, Orbicoelia tholiaphor, Orbicoelia tumibilis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Hungary (4), Iran (1)

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nunavut)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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