ammonites
Productus (Pustula) gortani Licharew 1937 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Full reference: B. Licharew. 1937. Brachiopoda of the Permian system of USSR, Fasc. I. Permian Brachiopoda of north Caucasus, families Chonetidae Hall et Clarke and Productidae Gray. Paleontology of USSR Monographs 39:1-151

Belongs to Productus (Pustula) according to B. Licharew 1937

Sister taxa: Productus (Pustula) cubanicus, Productus (Pustula) vagansiformis, Pustula baicalensis, Pustula gyroflexa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Raskol Cliff, NW Caucasus, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Urushten Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve 10.2 x 13.2