Plekonella multicostata Waterhouse 1964 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1964. Permian brachiopods of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin 35:1-212

Belongs to Plekonella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1982

See also Waterhouse 1964 and Waterhouse 1976

Sister taxa: Plekonella acuta, Plekonella campbelli, Plekonella iniquitas, Plekonella rara, Plekonella southlandensis

Type specimen: NZGS BR430. Its type locality is GS4651, Deep Creek (G45/f8592), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the AG4 Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of New Zealand (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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