Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Alternative combination: Cancrinella irwinensis
Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1983. Studies on Western Australian Permian brachiopods 3. The Family Linoproductidae Stehli 1954. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 95(4):237-254
Belongs to Costatumulus according to W. Z. Li et al. 2012
See also Angiolini 1995, Archbold 1983 and Archbold 1990
Sister taxa: Costatumulus altissima, Costatumulus amosi, Costatumulus bolchovitinovae, Costatumulus caparayensis, Costatumulus capillatus, Costatumulus circularis, Costatumulus crassicostatina, Costatumulus distortus, Costatumulus dongpanensis, Costatumulus expansa, Costatumulus farleyensis, Costatumulus fragosa, Costatumulus germanicus, Costatumulus halli, Costatumulus meritus, Costatumulus minor, Costatumulus occidentalis, Costatumulus papilionata, Costatumulus polliciformis, Costatumulus prolongata, Costatumulus sahnii, Costatumulus shengmiensis, Costatumulus sidorkini, Costatumulus tazawai, Costatumulus tumidus, Costatumulus villiersi, Costatumulus yanagidae
Type specimen: CPC 19915A, a valve (Ventral valve, internal mould). Its type locality is BMR IR20, Carynginia Gully, Irwin River Area, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Fossil Cliff Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (20 collections), Pakistan (1), Tajikistan (3)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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