Maorielasma inflata Waterhouse 1987 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Brachiopoda (Athyrida, Spiriferida and Terebratulida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 196(1-3):1-56

Belongs to Maorielasma according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987

Sister taxa: Maorielasma callosum, Maorielasma campbelli, Maorielasma imperatum

Type specimen: UQF 74258. Its type locality is UQ L4571, Rose's Pride Mine, which is in an Artinskian coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Buffel Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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