Terrakea elongata Etheridge Jr. and Dun 1909 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Alternative combination: Productus elongatus

Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. and W. S. Dun. 1909. Notes on the Permo-Carboniferous Producti of eastern Australia, with synonymy. Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales 8:293-304

Belongs to Terrakea according to D. J. C. Briggs 1998

See also Dear 1971, Etheridge and Dun 1909, Laseron 1910 and Waterhouse 1964

Sister taxa: Terrakea arctica, Terrakea arguta, Terrakea borealis, Terrakea brachythaera, Terrakea dickinsi, Terrakea echinata, Terrakea etheridgei, Terrakea exmoorensis, Terrakea grandis, Terrakea hemisphaeroidalis, Terrakea japonica, Terrakea korkodonensis, Terrakea minima, Terrakea nabekoshiyamensis, Terrakea nalivkini, Terrakea pollex, Terrakea quadrata, Terrakea rylstonensis, Terrakea vernacula, Terrakea yanagidai, Saetosina multispinosa

Type specimen: AM F35475

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (54 collections), New Zealand (1)

Total: 55 collections each including a single occurrence

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