Ambikella elongata McClung and Armstrong 1975 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combinations: Ingelarella elongata, Martiniopsis elongata, Tomiopsis elongata

Full reference: G. McClung and J. Armstrong. 1975. New species of Martiniopsis (Brachiopoda: Spiriferida) from the Permian of eastern Australia. Queensland Government Mining Journal 76:231-234

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

See also Clarke 1990, Clarke 1992, McClung 1978, McClung and Armstrong 1975 and Waterhouse et al. 1983

Sister taxa: Ambikella antesulcata, Ambikella fructiformis, Ambikella furca, Ambikella himalayanicus, Ambikella ovata, Ambikella undulosina

Type specimen: UNE 13017. Its type locality is UNE L1290, Sandy Water Holes, Cranky Corner, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Beckers Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (23 collections)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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