Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Full reference: A. Williams, C. H. C. Brunton, S.J. Carlson, P.G. Baker, J.L. Carter, G.B. Curry, A.S. Dagys, R. Gourvennec, H.F. Hou, Y.G. Jin, J.G. Johnson, D.E. Lee, D.I. MacKinnon, P.R. Racheboeuf, T.N. Smirnova and D.L. Sun. 2006. Part H, Brachiopoda. Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology H(5):1689-2320
Parent taxon: Zeilleriidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Aulacothyrinae, Bakonithyris, Macandreviinae, Misunithyris, Neozeilleria, Polyplectella, Securininae, Zeilleriinae
Subtaxa: Advenina Aulacothyroides Carpatothyris Cheirothyris Enodithyris Epicyrta Fletcherithyroides Gemerithyris Karpatiella Kedrovothyris Modestella Ornithella Parantiptychia Tauromenia Tetjuchithyris Vectella Zeillerina
Type: Vectella
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), France (2), Germany (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (18)
• Jurassic of Algeria (3), Bulgaria (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (3), Germany (17), Greenland (3), Poland (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (10), Somalia (2), Switzerland (7), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California), Yemen (8)
• Triassic of Austria (3), Canada (4: British Columbia), China (10), Hungary (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (18), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 134 collections including 161 occurrences