Rhynchopora australasica Archbold 1995 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1995. Studies on Western Australian Permian brachiopods 12. Additions to the late Asselian-Tastubian faunas. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 107(2):95-112

Belongs to Rhynchopora according to N. W. Archbold 1995

Sister taxa: Rhynchopora abnormalis, Rhynchopora angulatiplicata, Rhynchopora arctica, Rhynchopora beecheri, Rhynchopora bicostata, Rhynchopora complanata, Rhynchopora culta, Rhynchopora depressa, Rhynchopora dossena, Rhynchopora geinitziana, Rhynchopora grandirostris, Rhynchopora guadalupensis, Rhynchopora hebetata, Rhynchopora illinoisensis, Rhynchopora inconstantis, Rhynchopora kochi, Rhynchopora lobjaensis, Rhynchopora magna, Rhynchopora magnicosta, Rhynchopora matsumotoi, Rhynchopora molina, Rhynchopora nikitini, Rhynchopora palumbula, Rhynchopora patula, Rhynchopora relegata, Rhynchopora sansabensis, Rhynchopora scorsa, Rhynchopora solonensis, Rhynchopora sphenoides, Rhynchopora subtrigonalis, Rhynchopora taylori, Rhynchopora tchernyshae, Rhynchopora tenera, Rhynchopora tenuicostata, Rhynchopora tripartita, Rhynchopora variabilis, Rhynchopora wynnei, Rhynchopora zaljakensis

Type specimen: CPC 33524, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is BMR ML6, Moogooree Homestead, which is in an Asselian marine siliciclastic in Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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