Rastelligera acutissima Trechmann 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Rastelligeridae

Alternative combination: Spiriferina acutissima

Full reference: C. T. Trechmann. 1917. The Trias of New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 73(3):165-246

Belongs to Rastelligera according to J. Campbell 1968

See also Trechmann 1917

Sister taxa: Rastelligera diomedea, Rastelligera elongata, Rastelligera gypaeetus, Rastelligera hectori, Rastelligera mackayi, Rastelligera malingi, Rastelligera mucronata

Subtaxa: Rastelligera acutissima paucicostata

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Type specimen: Its type locality is Mount Heslington, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in New Zealand

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of New Zealand (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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