Permorthotetes crespinae Thomas 1958 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae

Full reference: G. A. Thomas. 1958. The Permian Orthotetacea of Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 39:1-158

Belongs to Permorthotetes according to G. A. Thomas 1958

Sister taxa: Werriea australis, Permorthotetes lindneri, Permorthotetes camerata, Permorthotetes callytharrensis, Permorthotetes teicherti

Type specimen: CPC 1487, a valve (dorsal valve). Its type locality is Waterford Locality 41, Winderie Station, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Waterford Locality 41, Winderie Station

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