†Kleithriatreta kostekensis Holmer et al. 2001 (lamp shell)
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Lingulata - Acrotretida - Ceratretidae
Full reference: L. E. Holmer, L. E. Popov, S. P. Koneva and M. G. Bassett. 2001. Cambrian - early Ordovician brachiopods from Malyi Karatau, the western Balkhash region, and Tien Shan, Central Asia. Special Papers in Palaeontology 65:1-180
Belongs to Kleithriatreta according to L. E. Holmer et al. 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kostek Ridge, Karagajly River, 1639, which is in a Mayan deep-water chert/limestone in the Karagajly Formation of Kyrgyzstan
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Kostek Ridge, Karagajly River, 1639
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