Chaperia columella Brown 1952 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprotinidae

Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1952. The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand. 1-405

Belongs to Chaperia according to D. A. Brown 1952

Sister taxa: Chaperia barretoi, Chaperia delta, Chaperia parva, Chaperia socialis

Type specimen: D. 36596. Its type locality is MacDonald's Quarry, Oamaru, which is in a Runangan marine limestone in the Ototara Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at MacDonald's Quarry, Oamaru

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