Calloria Cooper and Lee 1993 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae

Alternative spelling: Terebratella (Calloria)

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and D. E. Lee. 1993. Calloria, a replacement name for the Recent brachiopod genus Waltonia from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 23:257-270

Parent taxon: Terebratellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Cooper and Lee 1993

Sister taxa: Aerothyris, Aneboconcha, Dyscritosia, Fosteria, Gmelinmagas, Gyrothyris, Iheringithyris, Magadina, Magella, Neothyris, Pachymagas, Syntomaria, Terebratella, Waiparia

Subtaxa: Calloria inconspicua Terebratella (Calloria) haurakiensis

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Type: Terebratula inconspicua

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at East of Wairoa Stream (Quaternary of New Zealand)

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