†Thecidea rhaetica Zugmayer 1882 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecideidae
Full reference: H. Zugmayer. 1882. Untersuchungen über rhätische Brachiopoden. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 1:1-42
Belongs to Thecidea according to H. Zugmayer 1882
Sister taxa: Thecidea essensis, Thecidea mediterranea, Thecidea moorei, Thecidea papillata, Thecidea rothpletzi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Waldegg, which is in a Rhaetian carbonate limestone in the Koessen Formation of Austria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Waldegg
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