Waagenoconcha elegantula Lee and Gu 1980 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Full reference: L. Lee and F. Gu. 1980. Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:327-428

Belongs to Waagenoconcha according to L. Lee and F. Gu 1980

Sister taxa: Waagenoconcha (Gruntoconcha), Waagenoconcha abnakensis, Waagenoconcha angustata, Waagenoconcha asiatica, Waagenoconcha bhalensis, Waagenoconcha convexa, Waagenoconcha cylindricus, Waagenoconcha gangetica, Waagenoconcha humboldti, Waagenoconcha impercepta, Waagenoconcha imperfecta, Waagenoconcha irginae, Waagenoconcha irginaeformis, Waagenoconcha krystofovichi, Waagenoconcha leonardensis, Waagenoconcha magnifica, Waagenoconcha omanica, Waagenoconcha parvispinosa, Waagenoconcha payeri, Waagenoconcha peregoedovi, Waagenoconcha permocarbonica, Waagenoconcha piassinaensis, Waagenoconcha platys, Waagenoconcha prophetica, Waagenoconcha punctulata, Waagenoconcha serialis, Waagenoconcha subpermocarbonica, Waagenoconcha sulcata, Waagenoconcha tastubensis, Waagenoconcha tumenlingensis, Waagenoconcha vagans, Waagenoconcha waageni, Waagenoconcha wardlawi, Waagenoconcha wimani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yanji Section, Miaoling Fm, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Miaoling Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yanji Section, Miaoling Fm

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