Pexidella marmorea Bittner 1890 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Diplospirellidae

Alternative combinations: Spirigera (Didymospira) marmorea, Spirigera (Pexidella) marmorea, Spirigera marmorea

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1890. Brachiopoden der alpinen Trias. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 14:1-325

Belongs to Pexidella according to M. Iordan 1993

See also Arthaber 1915, Bittner 1890, De Toni 1913 and Salomon 1895

Sister taxa: Pexidella strohmayeri, Pexidella sturi

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (5 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Germany (1), Italy (2), Romania (2), Turkey (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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