Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Full reference: N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1984. Permian Elythidae (Brachiopoda) from Western Australia. Alcheringa 8:311-326
Belongs to Spirelytha according to H. Xu et al. 2024
See also Archbold 1990, Archbold and Thomas 1984, Klets 1987, Pavlova et al. 1991 and Shi and Waterhouse 1996
Sister taxa: Spirelytha borealis, Spirelytha buravasi, Spirelytha grandis, Spirelytha kashirtsevi, Spirelytha kislakovi, Spirelytha magna, Spirelytha miloradovichi, Spirelytha pavlovae, Spirelytha petaliformis, Spirelytha sheii, Spirelytha stepanoviana
Type specimen: CPC 19931, a shell (Articulated internal mould and external impression). Its type locality is BMR C255, Callytharra Springs, Byro Homestead, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Callytharra Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (19 collections), Canada (4: Yukon), China (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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