Spirigera kaihikuana Trechmann 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: C. T. Trechmann. 1917. The Trias of New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 73(3):165-246

Belongs to Spirigera according to C. T. Trechmann 1917

Sister taxa: Spirigera (Didymospira), Spirigera borovacensis, Spirigera forojulensis, Spirigera kittlii, Spirigera manzavinii, Spirigera manzavinioides, Spirigera milesi, Spirigera misolica, Spirigera monticola, Spirigera oppelii, Spirigera pseudodielasma, Spirigera schloenbachii, Spirigera sellaris, Spirigera siljanensis, Spirigera stoliczkai, Spirigera subindistincta, Spirigera sufflata, Spirigera tricupii, Spirigera wreyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mount Potts, which is in a Carnian marine sandstone/conglomerate in New Zealand

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of New Zealand (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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