Mimorina ziczac Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Invalid subtaxa: Liothyrella gravida Allan 1932 [replaced name], Liothyrella skinneri Allan 1932

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 Mimorina according to G. A. Cooper 1983

Sister taxa: Liothyrella anderssoni, Liothyrella antarctica, Liothyrella archboldi, Liothyrella brimmellae, Liothyrella bulbosa, Liothyrella concentrica, Liothyrella delsolari, Liothyrella expansa, Liothyrella fosteri, Liothyrella gravida, Liothyrella labiata, Liothyrella longorum, Liothyrella moseleyi, Liothyrella multiporosa, Liothyrella neozelanica, Liothyrella notoradensis, Liothyrella oblonga, Liothyrella ovata, Liothyrella scotti, Liothyrella subcarnea, Liothyrella uva, Liothyrella villattae, Liothyrella vitrioides, Liothyrella winteri, Mimorina magna, Dolichosina oamarutica

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dannevirke GS 2416 (Miocene of New Zealand)

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