Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Alternative combinations: Ambikella costata, Tomiopsis costata
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1964. Permian brachiopods of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin 35:1-212
Belongs to Ingelarella according to J. B. Waterhouse and G. R. Shi 2010
See also McClung 1978, Waterhouse 1964, Waterhouse 1968 and Waterhouse 1982
Sister taxa: Ingelarella angulata, Ingelarella atlanicha, Ingelarella davidi, Ingelarella elegantula, Ingelarella etheridgei, Ingelarella hombronianus, Ingelarella ingelarensis, Ingelarella mantuanensis, Ingelarella morrisi, Ingelarella plica, Ingelarella strzeleckii, Ingelarella sulcata, Ingelarella undulosa, Tomiopsis (Ingelarella) parallela, Tomiopsis (Ingelarella) paraplana, Tomiopsis (Ingelarella) subplicata
Type specimen: NZGS BR 613. 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 epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (12 collections), New Zealand (4)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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