†Aetheia (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Synonym: Thomsonica Cossmann 1920 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Aetheiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Cooper 1959 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Aetheia gualteri
Type: Waldheimia sinuata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of New Zealand (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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