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Has Image

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Animalia

Phylum

Brachiopoda Mollusca

Class

Articulata Bivalvia Gastropoda

Order

Pterioida Rhynchonellida Spiriferida

Family

Athyridae Basiliolidae Hemithyrididae Ostreidae Spiriferinacea Terebratulidae

Genus

Aetheia Alipunctifera Neothyris Notosaria Ostrea Oxycolpella Rastelligera Rhynchonella Spiriferina Terebratella Waldhemia

Species

Concentrica Elongata Gualteri Kaihikuana Lenticularis Nigricans Nigriscans Novaeseelandica Rubicunda Wreyi

On Display

Yes No

Has Image

Yes No

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Brachiopoda Mollusca

Class

Articulata Bivalvia Gastropoda

Order

Pterioida Rhynchonellida Spiriferida

Family

Athyridae Basiliolidae Hemithyrididae Ostreidae Spiriferinacea Terebratulidae

Genus

Aetheia Alipunctifera Neothyris Notosaria Ostrea Oxycolpella Rastelligera Rhynchonella Spiriferina Terebratella Waldhemia

Species

Concentrica Elongata Gualteri Kaihikuana Lenticularis Nigricans Nigriscans Novaeseelandica Rubicunda Wreyi

Tile, Malachite

Antiquities

E49.6

Brachiopod

Aetheia gualteri

GL1217

Brachiopod

Notosaria nigriscans

GL1218

Brachiopod

Alipunctifera kaihikuana

GL1219

Brachiopod

Alipunctifera kaihikuana

GL1220

Brachiopod

Spiriferina novaeseelandica

GL1221

Brachiopod

Rastelligera elongata

GL1222

Brachiopod

Oxycolpella wreyi

GL1223

Brachiopod

Oxycolpella wreyi

GL1224

Brachiopod

Brachiopoda, Brachiopod

GL1431

Oyster

Ostrea

GL1432

Brachiopod

Rhynchonella

GL1433

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