Marwickiella marwicki Waterhouse 1980 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae

Alternative combination: Sichuania marwicki

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1980. A new bivalve species (Buchiidae) from the Early Triassic of New Zealand. Alcheringa 4(1):1-10

Belongs to Marwickiella according to Sha and Fürsich 1994

See also Waterhouse 1980

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: New Zealand Geological Survey TM 5713. Its type locality is Wilanda Downs Road, Ohai, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wilanda Downs Road, Ohai

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