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 Sakawairhynchia according to D. A. B. MacFarlan 1992
Sister taxa: Sakawairhynchia aparimaensis, Sakawairhynchia bartrumi, Sakawairhynchia bencallumensis, Sakawairhynchia corbiensis, Sakawairhynchia diptonensis, Sakawairhynchia harihariensis, Sakawairhynchia hugonensis, Sakawairhynchia marokopana, Sakawairhynchia mokauensis, Sakawairhynchia nezsaensis, Sakawairhynchia olenekensis, Sakawairhynchia tokombensis, Sakawairhynchia zealandica
Type specimen: OU 17496, a shell. Its type locality is JDC 3196, Col de Moméa (NC/f378), which is in an Oretian marine horizon in New Caledonia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Caledonia (2 collections), New Zealand (19)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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