Tomiopsis confusus Waterhouse 1968 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combination: Ambikella confusa

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1968. The classification and description of Permian Spiriferida (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 129(1-3):1-94

Belongs to Tomiopsis according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987

See also Waterhouse 1968

Sister taxa: Tomiopsis (Johndearia), Tomiopsis (Tomiopsis), Tomiopsis balgoensis, Tomiopsis bazardarensis, Tomiopsis globosa, Tomiopsis globosus, Tomiopsis hardmani, Tomiopsis harringtoni, Tomiopsis konincki, Tomiopsis mergensis, Tomiopsis notoplicatus, Tomiopsis oviformis, Tomiopsis pauciplicatus, Tomiopsis piersoni, Tomiopsis rarus, Tomiopsis taimyrensis, Tomiopsis woodwardi, Tomiopsis xinlinensis

Type specimen: NZGS BR 593, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is GS6323, east tributary of Letham Burn (D44/f9672), which is in a Roadian marine horizon in the Letham Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (13 collections), New Zealand (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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