Bransonia wilsoni Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae

Full reference: J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar. 1976. The paleontology of rostroconch mollusks and the early history of the phylum Mollusca. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 968:1-88

Belongs to Bransonia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Pojeta and Runnegar 1976

Sister taxa: Bransonia australe, Bransonia projecta, Bransonia robustum, Bransonia truncata

Type specimen: Its type locality is ridge southeast of Homevale Homestead, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Tiverton Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (1 collection), New Zealand (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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