Strophonella gippslandica Philip 1962 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophonellidae

Full reference: G. M. Philip. 1962. The palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Siluro-Devonian sediments of the Tyers Area, Gippsland, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 75(n.s.):123-246

Belongs to Strophonella according to G. M. Philip 1962

Sister taxa: Strophonella (Quasistrophonella), Strophonella (Strophonella), Strophonella alterniradiata, Strophonella bohemica, Strophonella extensa, Strophonella laxiplicata, Strophonella loeblichi, Strophonella patenta, Strophonella punctulifera, Strophonella semifasciata, Strophoprion euglypha, Strophoprion geniculatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 49, Boola Beds, south of Tyers Quarry, Tyers area, Victoria, which is in a Silurian marine mudstone in the Boola Beds Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection)

• Silurian of Australia (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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