†Lethamia ligurritus Waterhouse 1973 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1973. New brachiopod genera from the New Zealand Permian. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 3:35-42
Belongs to Lethamia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1982
See also Waterhouse 1973
Sister taxa: Lethamia collina, Lethamia condaminensis, Lethamia hillae, Lethamia obscurus, Lethamia rara
Type specimen: NZGS BR 957. Its type locality is GS9697, Letham Burn (D44/f9001), which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at GS9697, Letham Burn (D44/f9001)
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