†Posicomta zaalaica Grunt 1986 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: T. A. Grunt. 1986. Sistema Brakhiopod Otryada Atiridida. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 215:1-199
Belongs to Posicomta according to T. A. Grunt 1986
Sister taxa: Posicomta advena, Posicomta dolabrata, Posicomta gundarensis, Posicomta subsolana
Type specimen: PIN 3599/815. Its type locality is Kashkasu River, Locality 1108b, Transalai Range, which is in a Roadian marine horizon in the Kashkasu Formation of Kyrgyzstan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Kashkasu River, Locality 1108b, Transalai Range
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