Fletcherithyris galbina Waterhouse 1982 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

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 Fletcherithyris according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987

See also Waterhouse 1982

Sister taxa: Fletcherithyris antesulcata, Fletcherithyris biundata, Fletcherithyris braxtonensis, Fletcherithyris canni, Fletcherithyris farleyensis, Fletcherithyris hardmani, Fletcherithyris illawarrensis, Fletcherithyris parkesi, Fletcherithyris reidi, Fletcherithyris scotti, Fletcherina zealandica

Type specimen: NZGS BR 884, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (8)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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