Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Alternative combination: Rugitela primaria

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213

Belongs to Zeilleria according to Y. Alméras et al. 2010

See also Cooper 1989

Sister taxa: Zeilleria (Zeilleria), Zeilleria alpina, Zeilleria aquilina, Zeilleria astartina, Zeilleria austriaca, Zeilleria baldaccii, Zeilleria balkarensis, Zeilleria biappendiculata, Zeilleria bicolor, Zeilleria bucculenta, Zeilleria bukowski, Zeilleria choffati, Zeilleria dedengensis, Zeilleria digona, Zeilleria donetziana, Zeilleria egena, Zeilleria elliotti, Zeilleria elliptica, Zeilleria exigua, Zeilleria guerassimovi, Zeilleria hararina, Zeilleria hudsoni, Zeilleria humeralis, Zeilleria kedonensis, Zeilleria kysylrabatensis, Zeilleria lagenalis, Zeilleria latifrons, Zeilleria leckenbyi, Zeilleria lingulata, Zeilleria lituanica, Zeilleria livingstonei, Zeilleria lycetti, Zeilleria mariae, Zeilleria minima, Zeilleria moisseievi, Zeilleria montbisotensis, Zeilleria mutabilis, Zeilleria norica, Zeilleria opuatiaensis, Zeilleria perforata, Zeilleria popilanica, Zeilleria quadrifida, Zeilleria quiaiosensis, Zeilleria recessa, Zeilleria repanda, Zeilleria rollieri, Zeilleria sacciformis, Zeilleria spiculata, Zeilleria subcensoriensis, Zeilleria subdigona, Zeilleria subnumismalis, Zeilleria subranvilli, Zeilleria subrugata, Zeilleria terezowae, Zeilleria thurwieseri, Zeilleria trautscholdi, Zeilleria truncatella, Zeilleria umbonella, Zeilleria venusta, Zeilleria waehneri, Zeilleria waiohipaensis, Zeilleria waltoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Al Jufayr, S1034, which is in a Toarcian shallow subtidal limestone in the Marrat Formation of Saudi Arabia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

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