Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Brachiopoda (Athyrida, Spiriferida and Terebratulida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 196(1-3):1-56
Belongs to Cyrtella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
Sister taxa: Cyrtella allandalensis, Cyrtella campbelli, Cyrtella erecta, Cyrtella furcata, Cyrtella granulata, Cyrtella koopi, Cyrtella kulikiana, Cyrtella nagmargensis, Cyrtella nobilis, Cyrtella rhombica, Cyrtella subparallela, Cyrtella ulladullensis, Punctocyrtella gigantea, Punctocyrtella australis, Punctocyrtella spinosa, Punctocyrtella yunnanensis
Type specimen: UQ F52866. Its type locality is UQ L1027, Granton Quarry, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Berriedale Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UQ L1027, Granton Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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