Licharewia yichunensis Lee and Su 1980 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Licharewiidae

Full reference: L. Lee and Y. Z. Su. 1980. Taxonomic names, Carboniferous and Permian Brachiopoda. Paleontological Atlas of Northeast China 1:327-429

Belongs to Licharewia according to L. Lee and Y. Z. Su 1980

Sister taxa: Licharewia angustiplicata, Licharewia curvirostris, Licharewia grewingki, Licharewia multiplicata, Licharewia neosibirica, Licharewia rugulata, Licharewia schrenki, Licharewia stuckenbergi, Licharewia tsaregradskyi, Licharewia tumida, Licharewia voengaensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jianshan river, Yichun, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine horizon in the Tumenling Formation of China

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jianshan river, Yichun

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