ammonites
Rhipidomella corallina Waagen 1884 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae

Alternative combinations: Orthis (Rhipidomella) corallina, Orthis corallina

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1884. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 3. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):547-610

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

Sister taxa: Rhipidomella carbonaria, Rhipidomella caucasica, Rhipidomella cora, Rhipidomella cordialis, Rhipidomella dzhuvankarensis, Rhipidomella hessensis, Rhipidomella hispidula, Rhipidomella kharaulakhensis, Rhipidomella miaolingensis, Rhipidomella michelini, Rhipidomella miscella, Rhipidomella obesiconcha, Rhipidomella orthogonia, Rhipidomella parva, Rhipidomella pecosi, Rhipidomella penniana, Rhipidomella pressula, Rhipidomella subcircularis, Rhipidomella uralica, Rhipidomella vediensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Virgal, coral limestone, upper Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 25.0 x 26.0, valve 22.0 x 23.5