Modestella Owen 1961 (lamp shell)

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

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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

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