Tomiopsis dissimilis Waterhouse 1964 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combinations: Ambikella dissimilis, Ingelarella dissimilis

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1964. Permian brachiopods of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin 35:1-212

Belongs to Tomiopsis according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987

See also Waterhouse 1964 and Waterhouse 1968

Sister taxa: Tomiopsis balgoensis, Tomiopsis bazardarensis, Tomiopsis confusus, Tomiopsis globosa, Tomiopsis globosus, Tomiopsis hardmani, Tomiopsis harringtoni, Tomiopsis isbelliformis, Tomiopsis konincki, Tomiopsis mergensis, Tomiopsis notoplicatus, Tomiopsis oviformis, Tomiopsis ovulum, Tomiopsis pauciplicatus, Tomiopsis petrenkoi, Tomiopsis piersoni, Tomiopsis plana, Tomiopsis postglabra, Tomiopsis rarus, Tomiopsis regina, Tomiopsis siangensis, Tomiopsis taimyrensis, Tomiopsis woodwardi, Tomiopsis xinlinensis

Type specimen: NZGS BR836. Its type locality is GS7352, Letham Burn (D44/f9870), which is in a Capitanian marine sandstone in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections), New Zealand (4)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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