Paucispinauria verecunda Waterhouse 1982 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Alternative combination: Terrakea verecundum

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1982. New Zealand Permian brachiopod systematics, zonation, and paleoecology. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 48:7-158

Belongs to Paucispinauria according to J. B. Waterhouse and G. R. Shi 2010

See also Waterhouse 1982 and Waterhouse 1983

Sister taxa: Paucispinauria concava, Paucispinauria geniculata, Paucispinauria paucispinosa, Paucispinauria solida

Type specimen: NZGS BR 1181, a shell (Articulated internal mold). Its type locality is GS5077, Arthurton (G45/f8592), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the AG4 Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of New Zealand (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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