Pojetaconcha chapronierei Pojeta et al. 1977 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae

Alternative combination: Bransonia chapronierei

Full reference: J. Pojeta, J. Gilbert-Tomlinson, and J.H. Shergold. 1977. Cambrian and Ordovician rostroconch molluscs from Northern Australia. Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 171:1-54

Belongs to Pojetaconcha according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Pojeta et al. 1977

Sister taxa: Pojetaconcha alabamensis, Pojetaconcha antiquata, Pojetaconcha beecheri, Pojetaconcha costulata, Pojetaconcha cressmani, Pojetaconcha davidis, Pojetaconcha limatula, Pojetaconcha oweni, Pojetaconcha paquettensis, Pojetaconcha praepristis, Pojetaconcha pygmaea, Pojetaconcha townleyi

Type specimen: CPC 14879, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 41. 305/3-74. Black Mountain Section of Jones, Shergold & Druce 1971, which is in a Datsonian carbonate limestone in the Ninmaroo Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 41. 305/3-74. Black Mountain Section of Jones, Shergold & Druce 1971

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