Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Alternative combination: Neospirifer wairakiensis
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1964. Permian brachiopods of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin 35:1-212
Belongs to Aperispirifer according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
See also Parfrey 1988, Waterhouse 1964, Waterhouse 1968 and Waterhouse 1982
Sister taxa: Aperispirifer archboldi, Aperispirifer lethamensis, Aperispirifer nelsonensis, Aperispirifer ovalis
Type specimen: NZGS BR482. Its type locality is GS6323, east tributary of Letham Burn (D44/f9672), which is in a Roadian marine horizon in the Letham Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (4 collections), New Zealand (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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