Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1937. Lower Neocomian fossils from the Miquihuana region, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 11(7):552-574
Belongs to Cyclothyris according to R. W. Imlay 1937
Sister taxa: Cyclothyris acuticostalis, Cyclothyris africana, Cyclothyris aliformis, Cyclothyris alikentica, Cyclothyris americana, Cyclothyris astieriana, Cyclothyris bitririca, Cyclothyris burgemakensis, Cyclothyris cardiatelia, Cyclothyris compressa, Cyclothyris dagestanica, Cyclothyris densleonis, Cyclothyris difformis, Cyclothyris ementitum, Cyclothyris formosa, Cyclothyris gibbsiana, Cyclothyris globata, Cyclothyris juigneti, Cyclothyris kennedyi, Cyclothyris lamarckiana, Cyclothyris larwoodi, Cyclothyris latissima, Cyclothyris punfieldensis, Cyclothyris segurai, Cyclothyris sutchanensis, Cyclothyris tenuicostata, Cyclothyris ulaganica, Cyclothyris vespertilio, Cyclothyris zudakharica
Type specimen: UM 18748, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Miquihuana6 (Cretaceous of Mexico)
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