Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Full reference: M. A. Bitner. 1996. Brachiopods from the Eocene La Meseta Formation of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeontologia Polonica 55:65-100
Belongs to Basiliola according to M. A. Bitner 1996
Sister taxa: Basiliola arnaudi, Basiliola beecheri, Basiliola elongata, Basiliola lucida, Basiliola nitida, Basiliola pompholyx, Basiliola roddai, Basiliola strasfogeli
Type specimen: ZPAL Bp.XXXVII/46, a shell. Its type locality is ZPAL 1, Bill Hill, Telm 1, which is in a Ypresian prodelta siltstone/sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at ZPAL 1, Bill Hill, Telm 1
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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