Australiarcula Elliott 1960 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Bouchardiidae

Full reference: G. F. Elliott. 1960. A new Mesozoic terebratellid brachiopod. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 71:25-30

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bouchardia, Bouchardiella, Malleia, Neobouchardia

Subtaxa: Australiarcula artesiana

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Type: Australiarcula artesiana

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Santos No. 1 bore, 429.5 feet (Cretaceous of Australia)

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