Sulciplica Waterhouse 1968 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1968. The classification and description of Permian Spiriferida (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 129(1-3):1-94

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

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Waterhouse 2004

Sister taxa: Aperispirifer, Brachythyrinella, Frechella, Grantonini, Neilotreta, Tasmanospirifer, Trigonotreta, Trigonotretini

Subtaxa: Sulciplica chatsworthensis Sulciplica crassa Sulciplica occidentalis Sulciplica phalaena Sulciplica stutchburii Sulciplica tasmaniensis Sulciplica thailandica Sulciplica transversa Sulciplica vellai

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (57 collections), China (2), Malaysia (3), New Zealand (2), Thailand (6)

Total: 70 collections including 73 occurrences

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