†Maltaia maltensis Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290
Belongs to Maltaia according to Cooper 1983
Sister taxa: Maltaia costae, Maltaia pajaudi
Type specimen: USNM 551164a, a shell. Its type locality is Island of Malta, which is in a Messinian carbonate limestone in the Upper Coralline Limestone Formation of Malta.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Island of Malta
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