Wairakirhynchia susvallensis MacFarlan 1992 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Norellidae

Full reference: D. A. B. MacFarlan. 1992. Triassic and Jurassic Rhynchonellacea (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 31:1-310

Belongs to Wairakirhynchia according to D. A. B. MacFarlan 1992

Sister taxa: Wairakirhynchia etaliana, Wairakirhynchia morleyensis

Type specimen: NZGS BR 1787, a shell. Its type locality is GS 12622, Pig Valley (N28/f095), which is in an Anisian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of New Zealand (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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