Tasmanella nova Laurie 1991 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Orthorhynchulidae

Full reference: J. R. Laurie. 1991. Articulate brachiopods from the Ordovician and Lower Silurian of Tasmania. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists Memoir 11:1-106

Belongs to Tasmanella according to J. R. Laurie 1991

Sister taxon: Tasmanella curtiseptata

Type specimen: UTGD 120675, a shell. Its type locality is Westfield Road Section. 0875 meters., which is in a Katian shallow subtidal limestone in the Benjamin Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Westfield Road Section. 0875 meters.

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