Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Full reference: F. A. Middlemiss. 1959. English Aptian Terebratulidae. Palaeontology 2(1):94-142
Parent taxon: Rectithyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Cooper 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Collinithyris, Cyrtothyris, Moutonithyris, Neoliothyrina, Rectithyris, Rhombothyris, Tropeothyris
Subtaxa: Praelongithyris borealis Praelongithyris lankesteri Praelongithyris manuanensis Praelongithyris pajaudi Praelongithyris praelonga Praelongithyris praelongiforma Praelongithyris salevensis Praelongithyris vanhoepeni Praelongithyris xiongmeinensis
Type: Praelongithyris praelongiforma
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Austria (1), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (6), Germany (4), Greenland (1), Kazakhstan (1), South Africa (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (17)
Total: 41 collections including 44 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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