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 gardineri, Kraussina laevicostata, Kraussina lata, Kraussina mercatori, Kraussina rotundata, Kraussina rubra

Type specimen: BD6739, a valve. Its type locality is Koingnass (50m Unit) (Carrington collection), which is in a Messinian shoreface sandstone in the Alexander Bay Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Koingnass (50m Unit) (Carrington collection)

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