Tornquistia magna Archbold 1980 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Anopliidae

Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1980. Studies on Western Australian Permian brachiopods 1. The family Anopliidae (Chonetidina). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 92:181-192

Belongs to Tornquistia according to N. W. Archbold 1980

Sister taxa: Tornquistia ambiensis, Tornquistia changhsingia, Tornquistia foraminosa, Tornquistia forbesi, Tornquistia gibbera, Tornquistia gregoryi, Tornquistia khinlopensis, Tornquistia kolymensis, Tornquistia occidentalis, Tornquistia orthogona, Tornquistia pseudobrama, Tornquistia subpolita, Tornquistia subquadratus, Tornquistia transversalis, Tornquistia tricorporum, Paeckelmannia praecapitolina

Type specimen: CPC 19137, a shell (Internal mould of conjoined shell). Its type locality is BMR G279, Moogooree Homestead, which is in a Kungurian coastal shale in the Bulgadoo Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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