Sulciplica crassa Clarke 1990 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Full reference: M. J. Clarke. 1990. Late Palaeozoic (Tamarian; Late Carboniferous-Early Permian) cold-water brachiopods from Tasmania. Alcheringa 14:53-76

Belongs to Sulciplica according to M. J. Clarke 1992

See also Clarke 1990

Sister taxa: Sulciplica chatsworthensis, Sulciplica occidentalis, Sulciplica phalaena, Sulciplica stutchburii, Sulciplica tasmaniensis, Sulciplica thailandica, Sulciplica transversa, Sulciplica vellai

Type specimen: GST14127, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is Fossil Cliffs, "Spirifer" zone, Maria Island, which is in a Sakmarian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Darlington Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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