Austrohedra mimica Roberts and Jell 1990 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Eoorthidae

Full reference: J. Roberts and P. A. Jell. 1990. Early Middle Cambrian (Ordian) Brachiopods of the Coonigan Formation, Western New-South-Wales. Alcheringa 14(3-4):257-309

Belongs to Austrohedra according to J. Roberts and P. A. Jell 1990

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Coonigan Fm., First Discovery Limestone, New South Wales, which is in a Solvan shallow subtidal limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Coonigan Fm., First Discovery Limestone, New South Wales

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