Ingelarella elegantula Johnston 1887 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combination: Inoceramus elegantula

Full reference: R. M. Johnston. 1887. Contribution to the palaeontology of the upper Palaeozoic rocks of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1886 4-18

Belongs to Ingelarella according to I. Crespin 1964

See also Johnston 1887

Sister taxa: Ingelarella angulata, Ingelarella atlanicha, Ingelarella belfordensis, Ingelarella cessnockensis, Ingelarella costata, Ingelarella davidi, Ingelarella etheridgei, Ingelarella hombronianus, Ingelarella ingelarensis, Ingelarella mantuanensis, Ingelarella morrisi, Ingelarella pelicanensis, Ingelarella plica, Ingelarella singletonensis, Ingelarella strzeleckii, Ingelarella sulcata, Ingelarella undulosa, Ingelarella warneri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Porter's Hill (Johnston coll), which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Bundella Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Porter's Hill (Johnston coll)

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