Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Synonym: Phapsirhynchia Pajaud 1976
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1959. Genera of Tertiary and Recent rhynchonelloid brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 130(5):1-90
Parent taxon: Aphelesiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Bitner and Martinell 2001, Cooper 1959, GarcĂa Ramos 2005 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Homaletarhynchia
Subtaxa: Aphelesia bipartita Aphelesia margineplicata Aphelesia plicatodentata Aphelesia sanctapaulensis Aphelesia supraoligocaenica Aphelesia winebergeri
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (5 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Algeria (7), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Spain (7)
• Miocene of Germany (2), Hungary (7), Malta (1), Spain (9)
• Oligocene of Germany (6)
Total: 48 collections including 53 occurrences
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