Sulciplica occidentalis Archbold 1995 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1995. Ufimian (early Late Permian) brachiopods from the Perth Basin, Western Australia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 18:153-163

Belongs to Sulciplica according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

See also Archbold 1995

Sister taxa: Sulciplica chatsworthensis, Sulciplica crassa, Sulciplica phalaena, Sulciplica stutchburii, Sulciplica tasmaniensis, Sulciplica thailandica, Sulciplica transversa, Sulciplica vellai

Type specimen: NMV P120361, a valve (Ventral valve, external and internal mould)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Beharra Springs 2 well, 3340.2-3360 m depth (Permian of Australia)

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