Biconvexiella Waterhouse 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1983. New Permian invertebrate genera from the east Australian segment of Gondwana. Bulletin of the Indian Geological Association 16(2):153-158

Parent taxon: Ambocoeliinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ambocoelia, Attenuatella, Bisinocoelia, Cruricella, Crurithyris, Cyrtinoides, Dicoelospirifer, Echinocoelia, Eoplicoplasia, Guangxiispirifer, Metaplasia, Ogilviecoelia, Orbicoelia, Paracrurithyris, Plicoplasia, Speciothyris, Spinoplasia, Swaicoelia

Subtaxa: Biconvexiella convexa Biconvexiella roxoi

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (3 collections), Brazil (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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