†family Thecidellinidae Elliott 1958 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae

Parent taxon: Thecideoidea according to C. C. Emig et al. 2013

See also Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Minutellinae Moorellininae Thecidellininae

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Type: Thecidellina

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection), Vanuatu (7)

• Pliocene of New Zealand (3)

• Miocene of Bulgaria (2), Cuba (1), Fiji (4), Indonesia (1), New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene of Iran (1)

• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of Cuba (1), France (2), Germany (1), New Zealand (9), Tonga (1), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Paleocene of Spain (1), United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic of France (5), Germany (4), Israel (2), Poland (4), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (1: Utah)

• Triassic of China (1)

Total: 66 collections each including a single occurrence

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