Trigonotreta stokesii Koenig 1825 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Full reference: C. D. E. Koenig. 1825. Icones Fossilium Sectiles, Centuria Prima 1-4

Belongs to Trigonotreta according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

See also Cisterna and Shi 2014, Clarke 1979, Clarke 1990, Clarke 1992, Koenig 1825, Morris 1845 and Reed 1932

Sister taxa: Spirifer (Trigonotreta) strigosus, Trigonotreta australis, Trigonotreta cracovensis, Trigonotreta guizhouensis, Trigonotreta hobartensis, Trigonotreta larghii, Trigonotreta lightjacki, Trigonotreta lyonsensis, Trigonotreta orientensis, Trigonotreta sanjuanensis, Trigonotreta semicircularis, Trigonotreta stokesi, Trigonotreta victoriae

Type specimen: BMNH B4798. Its type locality is Insula Van Diemen Novae Hollandiae, which is in a Sakmarian coastal sandstone in the Swifts Jetty Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Insula Van Diemen Novae Hollandiae

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