Miniliconcha miniliensis Coleman 1957 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Alternative combinations: Carilya miniliensis, Taeniothaerus miniliensis

Full reference: P. J. Coleman. 1957. Permian Productacea of Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 40:1-189

Belongs to Miniliconcha according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

See also Archbold 2001, Coleman 1957 and Waterhouse 1982

Sister taxon: Miniliconcha irwinensis

Type specimen: UWA 34445

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GS5613, Letham Burn (D44/f9559) (Permian of New Zealand)

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