Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Alternative combination: Cretirhynchia arcuata
Full reference: N. E. Pettitt. 1950. Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk. Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk, Part I 103(450):1-26
Belongs to Cretirhynchia (Homaletarhynchia) according to E. Simon and E. F. Owen 2001
See also Pettitt 1950
Sister taxa: Cretirhynchia (Homaletarhynchia) lentiformis, Cretirhynchia (Homaletarhynchia) postarcuata, Cretirhynchia (Homaletarhynchia) robusta, Cretirhynchia (Homaletarhynchia) undulata, Homaletarhynchia limbata
Type specimen: B.M. [B.B.9991]. Its type locality is Mousehold pit, which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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