Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima Kitchin 1900 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Erymnariidae

Alternative combination: Rhynchonella pulcherrima

Belongs to Cryptorhynchia according to X. Shi and R. E. Grant 1993

See also Buckman 1917 and Kiessling 2009

Sister taxa: Cryptorhynchia bearensis, Cryptorhynchia cymatophora, Cryptorhynchia jhooraensis, Cryptorhynchia karuna, Cryptorhynchia rugosa

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of India (10 collections), Madagascar (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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