Murravia (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

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

See also Cooper 1973 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cancellothyris, Ortholina, Rhynchonellopsis, Sendaithyris, Terebratulina, Trochifera

Subtaxa: Murravia catinuliformis Murravia exarata Murravia fosteri Murravia triangularis

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (3 collections)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (3)

• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (8)

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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