Terrakea arctica Waterhouse 1971 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1971. The Permian brachiopod genus Terrakea Booker, 1930. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 3:347-361

Belongs to Terrakea according to J. B. Waterhouse 1971

Sister taxa: Terrakea arguta, Terrakea borealis, Terrakea brachythaera, Terrakea dickinsi, Terrakea echinata, Terrakea elongata, Terrakea etheridgei, Terrakea exmoorensis, Terrakea grandis, Terrakea hemisphaeroidalis, Terrakea japonica, Terrakea korkodonensis, Terrakea minima, Terrakea nabekoshiyamensis, Terrakea nalivkini, Terrakea pollex, Terrakea quadrata, Terrakea rylstonensis, Terrakea vernacula, Terrakea yanagidai, Saetosina multispinosa

Type specimen: GSC 244475. Its type locality is GSC 53850, Section 116P-11, Symmetry Mountain, which is in a Wordian marine siliciclastic in the Takhandit Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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