Terrakea etheridgei Briggs 1998 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Full reference: D. J. C. Briggs. 1998. Permian Productidina and Strophalosiidina from the Sydney-Bowen Basin and New England Orogen: systematics and biostratigraphic significance. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 19:1-258

Belongs to Terrakea according to D. J. C. Briggs 1998

Sister taxa: Terrakea arctica, Terrakea arguta, Terrakea borealis, Terrakea brachythaera, Terrakea dickinsi, Terrakea echinata, Terrakea elongata, Terrakea exmoorensis, Terrakea grandis, Terrakea hemisphaeroidalis, Terrakea japonica, Terrakea korkodonensis, Terrakea minima, Terrakea nabekoshiyamensis, Terrakea nalivkini, Terrakea pollex, Terrakea quadrata, Terrakea rylstonensis, Terrakea vernacula, Terrakea yanagidai, Saetosina multispinosa

Type specimen: SUP 25553, a shell (External mold of dorsal surface and part ventral valve). Its type locality is South Marulan, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (23 collections)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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