Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Mollusca and correlations from the south-east Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198(4-6):129-233
Belongs to Cyrtorostra according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
Sister taxa: Cyrtorostra atavum, Cyrtorostra cardiiformis, Cyrtorostra caucasica, Cyrtorostra fraterna, Cyrtorostra jisuensis, Cyrtorostra laticostata, Cyrtorostra lunwalensis, Cyrtorostra nana, Cyrtorostra obeliscus, Cyrtorostra omanensis, Cyrtorostra primorica, Cyrtorostra subexotica, Cyrtorostra trifurcata, Cyrtorostra varicostata
Type specimen: UQ F74358, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is UQ L4823, Buffel Hill, Cracow Homestead, which is in an Artinskian marine siltstone in the Buffel Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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