Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Full reference: C. H. C. Brunton and N. Hiller. 1990. Late Cainozoic Brachiopods from the coast of Namaqualand, South Africa. Palaeontology 33(2):313-342
Belongs to Kraussina according to C. H. C. Brunton and N. Hiller 1990
Sister taxa: Kraussina cognata, Kraussina crassiocostata, Kraussina cuneata, Kraussina gardineri, Kraussina lata, Kraussina mercatori, Kraussina rotundata, Kraussina rubra
Type specimen: BD6730, a partial shell. Its type locality is Koingnass (50m Unit) (coll. Pether), which is in a Messinian shoreface sandstone in the Alexander Bay Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of South Africa (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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