Tritoechia florentinensis Laurie 1980 (mollusk)

Paragastropoda - Polytoechioidea - Polytoechiidae

Full reference: J. R. Laurie. 1980. Early Ordovician orthide brachiopods from southern Tasmania. Alcheringa 4(1):11-23

Belongs to Tritoechia according to J. R. Laurie 1980

Sister taxa: Tritoechia (Parvitritoechia), Tritoechia (Tritoechia), Tritoechia alta, Tritoechia billingsi, Tritoechia careyi, Tritoechia crassa, Tritoechia delicatula, Tritoechia karmbergensis, Tritoechia kendyktasica, Tritoechia lewisi, Tritoechia mollesensis, Tritoechia quebecensis, Tritoechia sinuata, Tritoechia tokmakensis, Tritoechia typica

Type specimen: UTGD 97410. Its type locality is Gap Creek Section. ~51 meters, which is in a Bendigonian marine siltstone in the Florentine Valley Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gap Creek Section. ~51 meters

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