Cirpa De Gregorio 1930 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Parent taxon: Cirpinae according to J. F. Baeza-Carratalá and F. García Joral 2022

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Apertirhynchella, Calcirhynchia, Euxinella, Moisseievia, Robinsonella, Salgirella, Vincentirhynchia

Subtaxa: Cirpa borissiaki Cirpa briseis Cirpa fallax Cirpa fromontae Cirpa fronto Cirpa himalaica Cirpa kiragliae Cirpa langi Cirpa lucentina Cirpa planifrons Cirpa slovenica Cirpa subcostellata Cirpa subfurcillata Cirpa variabilis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Algeria (2 collections), Australia (11), Austria (18), Bulgaria (2), Chile (6), China (2), France (23), Germany (3), Greece (1), Hungary (8), Italy (4), Madagascar (1), Portugal (5), Slovakia (2), Spain (6), Switzerland (1), Turkey (3), the United Kingdom (13)

• Triassic of Austria (1)

Total: 112 collections including 127 occurrences

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