†Pustuloplica bicostata Waterhouse 1968 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
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 Pustuloplica according to J. B. Waterhouse 1968
Sister taxa: Pustuloplica baccata, Pustuloplica cooperi, Pustuloplica papillosa
Type specimen: NZGS BR 701, a shell (Articulated internal mold). Its type locality is GS7803, Waituna Farm (D43/f9524), which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at GS7803, Waituna Farm (D43/f9524)
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