Unicostatina subglobosa Clarke 1990 (lamp shell)

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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