Bronzoria spitsbergensis Biernat 1995 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Alternative combination: Discinisca spitsbergensis

Full reference: G. Biernat. 1995. A New Jurassic discinid brachiopod from Spitsbergen. Polish Polar Research 16(1-2):37-46

Belongs to Bronzoria according to Y. Ishizaki and Y. Shiino 2024

See also Biernat 1995

Sister taxa: Bronzoria bosniaca, Bronzoria discoides, Bronzoria recta, Bronzoria rhaetica, Bronzoria sibirica, Bronzoria taskrestensis, Bronzoria townshendi, Bronzoria zapfei

Type specimen: ZPAL Bp. XXIVa/1, a shell.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bronzoria spitsbergensis in the database

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