Magellania marshalli Andrew 1906 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae

Full reference: A. R. Andrew. 1906. On the geology of the Clarendon phosphate deposits, Otago, New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 38:447-482

Belongs to Magellania according to A. R. Andrew 1906

Sister taxa: Magellania antarctica, Magellania australis, Magellania flavescens, Magellania venosa, Magellania wyvillei, Magellania wyvilliei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Milburn Quarry, which is in a Chattian carbonate limestone in the Milburn Limestone Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Milburn Quarry

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