†subfamily Cricosiinae Cooper 1973 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1973. Fossil and recent Cancellothyridacea (Brachiopoda). Tohoku University, Science Reports, 2nd Series (Geology), Special Volume 6:371-390

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

See also Cooper 1973

Sister taxa: Alithyridinae, Cancellothyridinae, Cooperithyris

Subtaxa: Bisulcina Cricosia Cruralina Gyrosoria Symphythyris

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Type: Cricosia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (7 collections), Cuba (1), Czechia (49), France (2), Germany (5), the Netherlands (5), Spain (1), Switzerland (4), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (9), United States (13: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)

• Jurassic of France (1), Greece (1), Switzerland (1)

Total: 103 collections including 104 occurrences

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