Tomiopsis (Ambikella) bamberi Waterhouse 1998 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1998. Ingelarelloidea (Spiriferida: Brachiopoda) from Australia and New Zealand, and reclassification of Ingelarellidae and Notospiriferidae. Earthwise 1:1-46

Belongs to Tomiopsis (Ambikella) according to J. B. Waterhouse 1998

Sister taxa: Ambikella antesulcata, Ambikella elongata, Ambikella furca, Ambikella himalayanicus, Ambikella ovata, Ambikella undulosina, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) fructiformis, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) ovulum, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) petrenkoi, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) postglabra, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) regina, Tomiopsis (Ambikella) symmetrica, Homevalaria profunda

Type specimen: GSC 24832, a shell. Its type locality is Forcett, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Abels Bay Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GSC C-1872, Weatherall Bay, Melville Island

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