Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Alternative combinations: Argyrotheca cordata, Terebratula cordata
Synonyms: Argyrotheca subcuneata Boettger 1901, Cistella laevigata deMorgan 1915, Cistella marie deMorgan 1915, Cistella zboroviensis Friedberg 1921
Belongs to Joania according to M. A. Bitner et al. 2023
See also Bertolaso et al. 2009, Bitner 1990, Bitner et al. 2023, Bitner and Dulai 2004, Bitner and Kaim 2004, Bitner et al. 2013, Bitner and Motchurova-Dekova 2016, Bitner et al. 2013, Dulai 2007, Dulai 2019, Koskeridou 2007, Taddei Ruggiero and Taddei 2006 and Zezina 2010
Sister taxa: Joania crenata, Joania dertomutinensis, Joania falunica, Joania peyrerensis, Joania ukrainica
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Spain (1)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (3), the Czech Republic (2), Hungary (3), Iran (2), Italy (4), Poland (17), Romania (1)
• Oligocene of France (4)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
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