Biconvexiella convexa Armstrong 1968 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Alternative combination: Attenuatella convexa

Full reference: J. Armstrong. 1968. The unusual brachial skeleton of Attenuatella convexa sp. nov. (Brachiopoda). Palaeontology 11(5):783-792

Belongs to Biconvexiella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1983

See also Armstrong 1968 and Armstrong and Telford 1970

Sister taxon: Biconvexiella roxoi

Type specimen: UQ F53036, a shell. Its type locality is UQ L3127, middle strike ridge, Homevale, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Tiverton Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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