Dereta pectita Sowerby 1816 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae

Alternative combination: Terebratula pectita

Belongs to Dereta according to E. F. Owen 1988

See also Elliott 1959

Sister taxon: Dereta incerta

Subtaxa: Dereta pectita ballardensis

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Type specimen: BMNH B61622, a shell. Its type locality is Horningsham, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone/sandstone in the Upper Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (9 collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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