ammonites
Marginifera altimontana Merla 1934 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Alternative combination: Productus altimontanus

Belongs to Marginifera according to N. Fantini Sestini 1965

Sister taxa: Marginifera (Arenaria), Marginifera (Marginifera), Marginifera (Nesiotia), Marginifera aliensis, Marginifera andreai, Marginifera bicostala, Marginifera brevisulcata, Marginifera carniolica, Marginifera costalliformis, Marginifera costellata, Marginifera elongata, Marginifera ganota, Marginifera gobiensis, Marginifera haydenensis, Marginifera hubeiensis, Marginifera involuta, Marginifera jalaidensis, Marginifera juresanensis, Marginifera lebedevi, Marginifera longispina, Marginifera madagascariensis, Marginifera magniplicata, Marginifera morrisi, Marginifera multicostellata, Marginifera nathorstfjordensis, Marginifera nesiotes, Marginifera parahimalayensis, Marginifera planocosta, Marginifera popovkaensis, Marginifera profundosulcata, Marginifera qaganqulutica, Marginifera qamarensis, Marginifera rimuensis, Marginifera schartimiensiformis, Marginifera schellwieni, Marginifera semigratiosa, Marginifera septentrionalis, Marginifera sexcostata, Marginifera spinulifera, Marginifera tetraspina, Marginifera timanica, Marginifera unsulcata, Marginifera uralica, Marginifera yanhuensis, Marginifera zhongbaensis, Productus (Marginifera) acutocurvatus, Productus (Marginifera) gerassimovi, Productus (Marginifera) nikchitchi, Productus (Marginifera) simkini, Productus (Marginifera) spatiosus, Productus (Marginifera) subornatus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve 13.9 x 16.2