Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Full reference: E. Owen. 1961. Brachiopods, in The stratigraphical palaeontology of the lower Greensand. Palaeontology 3:487-621
Parent taxon: Vectellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Advenina, Aulacothyroides, Carpatothyris, Cheirothyris, Enodithyris, Epicyrta, Fletcherithyroides, Gemerithyris, Karpatiella, Kedrovothyris, Ornithella, Parantiptychia, Tauromenia, Tetjuchithyris, Vectella, Zeillerina
Subtaxa: Modestella geinitzi Modestella jeletzkyi Modestella modesta
Type: Trigonia zlambachensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), France (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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