Gilledia pelicanensis Campbell 1965 (lamp shell)

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 Gilledia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1982

See also Campbell 1965

Sister taxa: Gilledia culburrensis, Gilledia cymbaeformis, Gilledia fairylandensis, Gilledia homevalensis, Gilledia jervisensis, Gilledia oakiensis, Gilledia woolagensis

Type specimen: GSQ F1485. Its type locality is Coral Creek Mouth, Bowen River Coalfield, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Blenheim Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (7 collections), New Zealand (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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