Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Alternative combinations: Atrypa crassa, Cryptothyrella crassa, Meristella crassa, Meristina crassa
Belongs to Hindella according to P. Sheehan 1977
See also Angelin and Lindström 1880, Boucot et al. 1972, de Sowerby and Murchison 1839, Isaacson et al. 1976, Williams 1951 and Wright 1968
Sister taxa: Hindella angustifrons, Hindella cassidea, Hindella incipiens, Hindella kiaeri, Hindella prima, Hindella prinstana, Hindella umbonata, Cryptothyrella terebratulina, Cryptothyrella lacrima, Cryptothyrella ovoides
Subtaxa: Cryptothyrella crassa incipiens Hindella crassa incipens
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Argentina (3 collections), Canada (1: New Brunswick), China (1), Estonia (3), the United Kingdom (42), Venezuela (1)
• Ordovician of China (11), the Czech Republic (1), Myanmar (1), Paraguay (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 69 collections each including a single occurrence
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