Cyrtella subparallela Waterhouse 1987 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Brachiopoda (Athyrida, Spiriferida and Terebratulida) from the southeast Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 196(1-3):1-56

Belongs to Cyrtella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987

Sister taxa: Cyrtella allandalensis, Cyrtella berriedalensis, Cyrtella campbelli, Cyrtella erecta, Cyrtella furcata, Cyrtella granulata, Cyrtella koopi, Cyrtella kulikiana, Cyrtella nagmargensis, Cyrtella nobilis, Cyrtella rhombica, Cyrtella ulladullensis, Punctocyrtella gigantea, Punctocyrtella australis, Punctocyrtella spinosa, Punctocyrtella yunnanensis

Type specimen: UQ F74136. Its type locality is UQ L4585, quarry along highway north of Theodore, Bowen Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Flat Top Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (14 collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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