Cruralina Smirnova 1966 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

Parent taxon: Cricosiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Cooper 1973, Sepkoski 2002 and Vörös 1995

Sister taxa: Bisulcina, Cricosia, Gyrosoria, Symphythyris

Subtaxa: Cruralina cubensis Cruralina guadalupae

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Cuba (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Jurassic of France (1), Greece (1), Switzerland (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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