Liothyrella labiata Craig 2001 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Full reference: R. S. Craig. 2001. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of the Bremer and Eucla Basins, southwest Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20:199-236

Belongs to Liothyrella according to R. S. Craig 2001

Sister taxa: Liothyrella anderssoni, Liothyrella antarctica, Liothyrella archboldi, Liothyrella brimmellae, Liothyrella bulbosa, Liothyrella concentrica, Liothyrella delsolari, Liothyrella expansa, Liothyrella fosteri, Liothyrella gravida, Liothyrella longorum, Liothyrella moseleyi, Liothyrella multiporosa, Liothyrella neozelanica, Liothyrella notoradensis, Liothyrella oblonga, Liothyrella ovata, Liothyrella scotti, Liothyrella subcarnea, Liothyrella uva, Liothyrella villattae, Liothyrella vitrioides, Liothyrella winteri, Dolichosina oamarutica, Mimorina magna, Mimorina ziczac

Type specimen: WAM 94.61, a shell. Its type locality is Nanarup Lime Quarry, which is in a Bartonian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Werillup Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Australia (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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