Birchsella Clarke 1987 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Full reference: M. J. Clarke. 1987. Late Permian (late Lymingtonian = ?Kazanian) brachiopods from Tasmania. Alcheringa 11:261-289

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Glendonia, Kelsovia, Mesopunctia, Monklandia, Wairakispirifer

Subtaxa: Birchsella spinosa

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Type: Birchsella spinosa

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yellow Point, Birchs Bay (C1) (Permian of Australia)

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