Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Full reference: K. S. W. Campbell. 1965. Australian Permian terebratuloids. Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 68:3-146
Belongs to Maorielasma according to S. M. Parfrey 1988
See also Campbell 1965, Waterhouse 1982 and Waterhouse 1987
Sister taxa: Maorielasma campbelli, Maorielasma imperatum, Maorielasma inflata
Type specimen: CPC 5941, a shell (Articulated internal mould). Its type locality is BMR Sp115, Sandy Creek, Springwood Homestead, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Ingelara Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (20 collections), New Zealand (5)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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