Echinalosia ardua Waterhouse 1982 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1982. New Zealand Permian brachiopod systematics, zonation, and paleoecology. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 48:7-158

Belongs to Echinalosia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1982

Sister taxa: Echinalosia bookeri, Echinalosia curtosa, Echinalosia dejecta, Echinalosia denisoni, Echinalosia discinia, Echinalosia glabra, Echinalosia indica, Echinalosia magnispina, Echinalosia maxwelli, Echinalosia melvillensis, Echinalosia minima, Echinalosia nodosa, Echinalosia ovalis, Echinalosia perforata, Echinalosia preovalis, Echinalosia prideri, Echinalosia rarispina, Echinalosia robusta, Echinalosia simpsoni, Echinalosia telfordi, Echinalosia wassi, Echinalosia zaga

Type specimen: NZGS BR 1476, a valve (Ventral valve, internal mold). Its type locality is GS9276, Wairaki River (D44/f9957), which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of New Zealand (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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