Brachiopoda - Tommotiida - Lapworthellidae
Full reference: S. Bengtson, S. Conway Morris, B. J. Cooper, P. A. Jell, and B. N. Runnegar. 1990. Early Cambrian fossils from South Australia. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 9:1-364
Belongs to Lapworthella according to D. I. Gravestock et al. 2001
See also Bengtson et al. 1990
Sister taxa: Lapworthella ablorta, Lapworthella annulata, Lapworthella cornu, Lapworthella dentata, Lapworthella gezhongwuensis, Lapworthella hubeiensis, Lapworthella hubeinensis, Lapworthella nigra, Lapworthella puttapensis, Lapworthella rostriptutea, Lapworthella schodakensis, Lapworthella sinensis, Lapworthella subrectangulata, Stenothecopsis heraultensis
Type specimen: SAMP30614, a valve. Its type locality is 6429RS109, L1762, L1854 - Horse Gully, which is in a Botomian carbonate packstone in the Parara Limestone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (55)
Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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