Gatia Archbold 1993 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Anopliidae

Full reference: N. W. Archbold. 1993. Studies on Western Australia Permian brachiopods 11. New genera, species and records. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 105(1):1-29

Parent taxon: Anopliinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Archbold 1993

Sister taxa: Adatsagochonetes, Anoplia, Anopliella, Anopliopsis, Chonetina, Cyrtoniscus, Demonedys, Glabrichonetina, Kaninochonetes, Tornquistia, Yagonia, Tschernovia, Parvichonetes, Neotornquistia

Subtaxa: Gatia superba

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Type: Gatia superba

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at BMR ML87, Lyndon River, Mia Mia Homestead (Permian of Australia)

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