Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Alternative combination: Crassispirifer mingenewensis
Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1996. Studies on Western Australian Permian brachiopods 13. The fauna of the Artinskian Mingenew Formation, Perth Basin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 108(1):17-42
Belongs to Occidalia according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
See also Archbold 1996 and Archbold 1997
Sister taxa: Occidalia plicatus, Occidalia shahi
Type specimen: CPC 33896, a shell (Internal mould of conjoined shell and portion of external mould of dorsal valve). Its type locality is BMR GB52, Simpson Knolls, Perth Basin, which is in an Artinskian coastal sandstone/siltstone in the Mingenew Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at BMR GB52, Simpson Knolls, Perth Basin
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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