Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Alternative combinations: Rhynchonella cynocephala, Terebratula cynocephala
Synonym: Rhynchonella fidia d'Orbigny 1850
Belongs to Homoeorhynchia according to Y. Alméras and P. Fauré 2000
See also Ager 1956, Ager 1967, Alméras 1996, Alméras et al. 1996 and Alméras and Peybernès 1979
Sister taxa: Homoeorhynchia acuta, Homoeorhynchia batalleri, Homoeorhynchia bolinensis, Homoeorhynchia capitulata, Homoeorhynchia cynoprosopa, Homoeorhynchia lubrica, Homoeorhynchia lusitanica, Homoeorhynchia meridionalis, Homoeorhynchia moorei, Homoeorhynchia prona, Homoeorhynchia ptinoides, Homoeorhynchia sepahanensis, Homoeorhynchia solitaria, Homoeorhynchia webbi, Slovenirhynchia slovenica, Slovenirhynchia maninensis
Subtaxa: Homoeorhynchia cynocephala meridionalis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Bulgaria (3 collections), France (21), Portugal (4), Spain (28), the United Kingdom (8)
Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.