ammonites
Cimmeriella flexuosa Waterhouse 1970 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Alternative combinations: Globiella flexuosa, Stepanoviella flexuosa

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1970. Gondwanan occurrences of the upper Paleozoic brachiopod Stepanoviella. Journal of Paleontology 44(1):37-50

Belongs to Cimmeriella according to N. W. Archbold and T. Hogeboom 2000

Sister taxa: Cimmeriella costellata, Cimmeriella decemplecta, Cimmeriella foordi, Cimmeriella mucronata, Cimmeriella qiangduensis, Cimmeriella willi

Type specimen: CPC 8561. Its type locality is BMR WO3, Jimba Jimba Station, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Jimba Jimba Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 23.0 x 23.0, valve 22.8 x 26.2