Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1968. The classification and description of Permian Spiriferida (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 129(1-3):1-94
Belongs to Aperispirifer according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
See also Waterhouse 1968, Waterhouse 1982 and Waterhouse 1987
Sister taxa: Aperispirifer archboldi, Aperispirifer nelsonensis, Aperispirifer ovalis, Aperispirifer wairakiensis
Type specimen: NZGS BR 1314, a shell (Articulated shell). 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 epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (29 collections), New Zealand (6)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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