Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Alternative combination: Lissochonetes brevisulcus
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1964. Permian brachiopods of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin 35:1-212
Belongs to Capillonia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1982
See also Waterhouse 1964, Waterhouse 1973 and Waterhouse and Mutch 1978
Sister taxon: Capillonia semicircularis
Type specimen: NZGS BR917. Its type locality is GS1456, Steel's House Quarry, Clinton (G45/f9498), which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the "Puruhauan" Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (12)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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