Contraspina purdoni Davidson 1862 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Alternative combinations: Productus (Ruthenia) purdoni, Productus (Waagenoconcha) purdoni, Productus purdoni, Waagenoconcha purdoni

Full reference: T. Davidson. 1862. On some Carboniferous Brachiopoda collected in India by A. Fleming, MD, and W. Purdon, Esq, FGS. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 18:25-35

Belongs to Contraspina according to J. B. Waterhouse 2002

See also Chao 1931, Davidson 1862, Diener 1897, Diener 1915, Reed 1944, Salter 1865, Shimizu 1981, Waagen 1884, Waterhouse 1966 and Zhang and Jin 1976

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian to Triassic of India (2 collections)

• Permian of China (5), India (4), Mongolia (1), Nepal (3), Pakistan (39)

Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence

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