†Unicostatina subglobosa Clarke 1990 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae
Alternative combination: Sulciplica subglobosa
Full reference: M. J. Clarke. 1990. Late Palaeozoic (Tamarian; Late Carboniferous-Early Permian) cold-water brachiopods from Tasmania. Alcheringa 14:53-76
Belongs to Unicostatina according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004
See also Clarke 1990 and Clarke 1992
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GST14137, a shell. Its type locality is Fossil Cliffs, "Spirifer" zone, Maria Island, which is in a Sakmarian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Darlington Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Fossil Cliffs, "Spirifer" zone, Maria Island
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