Trigonotreta victoriae Archbold 1991 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1991. Trigonotreta (Spiriferida, Brachiopoda) from the Early Permian of Victoria. Alcheringa 15:321-326

Belongs to Trigonotreta according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

See also Archbold 1991

Sister taxa: Spirifer (Trigonotreta) strigosus, Trigonotreta australis, Trigonotreta cracovensis, Trigonotreta guizhouensis, Trigonotreta hobartensis, Trigonotreta larghii, Trigonotreta lightjacki, Trigonotreta lyonsensis, Trigonotreta orientensis, Trigonotreta sanjuanensis, Trigonotreta semicircularis, Trigonotreta stokesi, Trigonotreta stokesii

Type specimen: MVP 120316, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is Coimadai Creek, Lake Merrimu, which is in a Sakmarian marine conglomerate in Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Coimadai Creek, Lake Merrimu

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