Plekonella campbelli Waterhouse 1964 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

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

Belongs to Plekonella according to J. B. Waterhouse 1964

Sister taxa: Plekonella acuta, Plekonella iniquitas, Plekonella multicostata, Plekonella rara, Plekonella southlandensis

Type specimen: NZGS BR438. Its type locality is GS5885, Wairaki Gorge (D44/f9604), which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GS5885, Wairaki Gorge (D44/f9604)

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