Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290
Belongs to Xestosina according to C. Y. Mahboubi et al. 2021
See also Cooper 1983
Sister taxa: Xestosina portlandica, Xestosina sera, Xestosina subsella, Xestosina suprajurensis, Xestosina thurmanni
Type specimen: USNM 92030, a shell. Its type locality is Mont-le-Vernois, Haute Saône, which is in a Kimmeridgian carbonate limestone in France.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Algeria (1 collection), France (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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