Treptotreta jucunda Henderson and MacKinnon 1981 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae

Full reference: R. A. Henderson and D.I. MacKinnon. 1981. New Cambrian inarticulate Brachiopoda from Australasia and the age of the Tasman Formation. Alcheringa 5(3/4):289-309

Belongs to Treptotreta according to P. M. Smith et al. 2020

See also Henderson and MacKinnon 1981

Sister taxon: Treptotreta socialis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bottom Rock, 600 meters ESE of Trilobite Rock, which is in a Boomerangian carbonate limestone in the Tasman Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (9 collections), Kazakhstan (5), New Zealand (1)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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