Sphenorhynchia plicatella Sowerby 1825 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Prionorhynchiidae

Alternative combinations: Rhynchonella plicatella, Rhynchonella plicatilis, Terebratula plicatella

Belongs to Sphenorhynchia according to X. Shi and R. E. Grant 1993

See also Buckman 1917, d'Orbigny 1850, Kiessling 2009 and Simon 2000

Sister taxa: Sphenorhynchia angulata, Sphenorhynchia asymmetrica, Sphenorhynchia aviformis, Sphenorhynchia bugeysiaca, Sphenorhynchia ferryi, Sphenorhynchia glaronensis, Sphenorhynchia latereplanata, Sphenorhynchia matisconensis, Sphenorhynchia multicostata, Sphenorhynchia plicatelloides, Sphenorhynchia subplicata, Sphenorhynchia tatiensis, Sphenorhynchia theresiae, Sphenorhynchia varicostata, Sphenorhynchia zraigensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chideock (Sowerby coll.), which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mozambique (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), France (1), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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