Psioidiella otamitensis Trechmann 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Rastelligeridae

Alternative combination: Spiriferina otamitensis

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 Psioidiella according to J. Campbell 1968

See also Trechmann 1917

Sister taxon: Psioidiella parisi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Otamita Stream (Bed "E"), which is in a Carnian marine shale in New Zealand

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Otamita Stream (Bed "E")

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