Xenosaria tenuis Shen and Clapham 2009 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: S. Z. Shen and M. E. Clapham. 2009. Wuchiapingian (Lopingian, Late Permian) brachiopods from the Episkopi Formation of Hydra Island, Greece. Palaeontology 52(4):713-743

Belongs to Xenosaria according to S. Z. Shen and M. E. Clapham 2009

Sister taxon: Xenosaria exotica

Type specimen: NIGP 143586, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Sample EP, Episkopi, Hydra, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm wackestone in the Episkopi Formation of Greece.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sample EP, Episkopi, Hydra

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