†Australiarcula Elliott 1960 (lamp shell)
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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
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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