Quadrospira woolagensis Archbold 1997 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Alternative combination: Neospirifer (Quadrospira) woolagensis

Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1997. Studies on Western Australian Permian brachiopods 14. The fauna of the Artinskian High Cliff Sandstone, Perth Basin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 109(2):199-231

Belongs to Quadrospira according to S. Lee et al. 2016

See also Archbold 1997

Sister taxa: Neospirifer (Quadrospira) tibetensis, Quadrospira crassicostatus, Quadrospira hardmani, Quadrospira plicatus, Quadrospira postplicatus, Quadrospira preplicatus

Type specimen: UWA 34294, a shell. Its type locality is Glendevon Homestead, Woolaga Creek, Irwin River District, Perth Basin, which is in an Artinskian shoreface sandstone in the High Cliff Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Glendevon Homestead, Woolaga Creek, Irwin River District, Perth Basin

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