Magellania Bayle 1880 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Zezina 2010

Sister taxa: Diedrothyris, Victorithyris

Subtaxa: Magellania antarctica Magellania australis Magellania flavescens Magellania marshalli Magellania venosa Magellania wyvillei Magellania wyvilliei

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Type: Terebratula flavescens

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (6 collections), Chile (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (1)

• Miocene of Australia (7)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2)

• Eocene of Antarctica (7), Australia (1)

• Paleogene of Antarctica (2)

Total: 29 collections including 33 occurrences

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