ammonites
Heterelasmina costata Smirnova 2007 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Heterelasminidae

Full reference: T. N. Smirnova. 2007. Permian terebratulids of Eurasia: morphology, systematics, and phylogeny. Paleontological Journal 41(7):707-813

Belongs to Heterelasmina according to T. N. Smirnova 2007

Sister taxa: Heterelasmina cuboides, Heterelasmina dieneri, Heterelasmina elegantula, Heterelasmina genuflexa, Heterelasmina latesinuata, Heterelasmina planoventris, Heterelasmina pygmaea, Heterelasmina regularis

Type specimen: PIN 4104/1079, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Left bank of Zidadara River, Darvaz Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Gundara Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 15.3 x 10.5