Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Full reference: I. Seifert. 1963. Die Brachiopoden des oberen Dogger der Schwäbischen Alb [Brachiopods from the Upper Dogger of the Swabian Alb]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 121:156-203
Belongs to Ornithella according to I. Seifert 1963
Sister taxa: Ornithella (Delmontanella), Ornithella blumbergensis, Ornithella boxensis, Ornithella curticensis, Ornithella digonoides, Ornithella douvillei, Ornithella expolita, Ornithella gemina, Ornithella jomdaensis, Ornithella moeschi, Ornithella pseudolagenalis, Ornithella sichuanensis, Ornithella skidegatensis, Ornithella syringothyrides, Microthyridina farquharsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Zollhaus Blumberg, which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in the Aspidoides Bank Formation of Germany
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Zollhaus Blumberg
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