Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Alternative combination: Terrakea capillata
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1988. Appendix 2: Macrofaunal Taxonomy. The Granulatisporites confluens Oppel-zone and Early Permian marine faunas from the Grant Formation on the Barbwire Terrace, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 35:155-157
Belongs to Costatumulus according to W. Z. Li et al. 2012
See also Archbold 1995 and Waterhouse 1988
Sister taxa: Costatumulus altissima, Costatumulus amosi, Costatumulus bolchovitinovae, Costatumulus caparayensis, Costatumulus circularis, Costatumulus crassicostatina, Costatumulus distortus, Costatumulus dongpanensis, Costatumulus expansa, Costatumulus farleyensis, Costatumulus fragosa, Costatumulus germanicus, Costatumulus halli, Costatumulus irwinensis, Costatumulus meritus, Costatumulus minor, Costatumulus occidentalis, Costatumulus papilionata, Costatumulus polliciformis, Costatumulus prolongata, Costatumulus sahnii, Costatumulus shengmiensis, Costatumulus sidorkini, Costatumulus tazawai, Costatumulus tumidus, Costatumulus villiersi, Costatumulus yanagidae
Type specimen: GSWA F47193, a valve (Ventral valve, external mold). Its type locality is Calytrix 1 Bore, Barbwire Terrace, Canning Basin, which is in a Sakmarian coastal mudstone in the Calytrix Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Calytrix 1 Bore, Barbwire Terrace, Canning Basin
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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