Arcticalosia unispinosa Waterhouse 1969 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Alternative combination: Wyndhamia unispinosa

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1969. Permian Strophalosiidae (Brachiopoda) from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Journal of Paleontology 43:28-40

Belongs to Arcticalosia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1986

See also Waterhouse 1969

Sister taxa: Arcticalosia colemani, Arcticalosia multispinifera

Type specimen: GSC 23818. Its type locality is GSC 35317, Sabine Peninsula, Melville Island, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in Canada.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (3: Nunavut collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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