Tivertonia barbwirensis Taboada et al. 2015 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: A. C. Taboada, A. J. Mory, G. R. Shi, D. W. Haig, and M. K. Pinilla. 2015. An Early Permian brachiopod–gastropod fauna from the Calytrix Formation, Barbwire Terrace, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Alcheringa 39:207-223

Belongs to Tivertonia according to A. C. Taboada et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Tivertonia chumikensis, Tivertonia jachalensis, Tivertonia pillahuincensis, Tivertonia tatamariensis, Tivertonia yarrolensis

Type specimen: GSWA 51502, a valve (ventral valve). Its type locality is Pasminco BW 9 well, 178.8-180.3 m depth, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Calytrix Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pasminco BW 9 well, 178.8-180.3 m depth

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