Arctitreta costellata Clarke 1990 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Alternative combination: Grumantia costellata

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

Belongs to Arctitreta according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Clarke 1990 and Clarke 1992

Sister taxa: Arctitreta bapensis, Arctitreta bioni, Arctitreta crassimurus, Arctitreta intercalata, Arctitreta kempei, Arctitreta macrocardinalis, Arctitreta pearyi, Arctitreta peelensis, Arctitreta pelicanensis, Arctitreta percostata, Arctitreta plicatilis, Arctitreta triangularis

Type specimen: GST8334, a shell (Articulated internal mold + external mold of dorsal valve and ventral interarea). Its type locality is Green Point, Cygnet, which is in a Sakmarian offshore mudstone in the Bundella Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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