Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Alternative combination: Terrakea multispinosa

Full reference: J. F. Dear. 1971. Strophomenoid brachiopods from the higher Permian faunas of the Back Creek Group in the Bowen Basin. Geological Survey of Queensland Publication 347:1-22

Belongs to Saetosina according to J. B. Waterhouse and G. R. Shi 2010

Sister taxa: Terrakea arctica, Terrakea arguta, Terrakea borealis, Terrakea brachythaera, Terrakea dickinsi, Terrakea echinata, Terrakea elongata, Terrakea etheridgei, Terrakea exmoorensis, Terrakea grandis, Terrakea hemisphaeroidalis, Terrakea japonica, Terrakea korkodonensis, Terrakea minima, Terrakea nalivkini, Terrakea pollex, Terrakea quadrata, Terrakea rylstonensis, Terrakea vernacula, Terrakea yanagidai

Type specimen: GSQ F11889. Its type locality is GSQ D13, Quarry on Theodore-Banana Road, which is in a Capitanian coastal sandstone in the Flat Top Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 36.1 x 40.9, valve 39.2 x 44.9