Murihikurhynchia pitfurensis MacFarlan 1992 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

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 Murihikurhynchia according to D. A. B. MacFarlan 1992

Sister taxa: Murihikurhynchia arataurana, Murihikurhynchia braxtonensis, Murihikurhynchia carolinae, Murihikurhynchia malingi

Type specimen: OU 16664, a shell. Its type locality is OU coll, Pitfure Valley (N28/f178), which is in an Oretian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of New Zealand (9 collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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