Costatumulus occidentalis Archbold 1993 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1993. Studies on Western Australia Permian brachiopods 11. New genera, species and records. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 105(1):1-29

Belongs to Costatumulus according to N. W. Archbold 1997

See also Archbold 1993

Sister taxa: Costatumulus altissima, Costatumulus amosi, Costatumulus bolchovitinovae, Costatumulus caparayensis, Costatumulus capillatus, 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 papilionata, Costatumulus polliciformis, Costatumulus prolongata, Costatumulus sahnii, Costatumulus shengmiensis, Costatumulus sidorkini, Costatumulus tazawai, Costatumulus tumidus, Costatumulus villiersi, Costatumulus yanagidae

Type specimen: UWA 32035. Its type locality is Glendevon Homestead, Woolaga Creek, Irwin River District, Perth Basin, which is in an Artinskian shoreface sandstone in the High Cliff Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Glendevon Homestead, Woolaga Creek, Irwin River District, Perth Basin

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