Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Full reference: N. E. Pettitt. 1954. A monograph of the Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk. Part 2. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 107:27-52
Parent taxon: Pamirorhynchiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Gagriella, Jakubirhynchia, Kvesanirhynchia, Pamirorhynchia, Parthirhynchia, Pseudogibbirhynchia, Rahouiarhynchia, Riorhynchia, Veghirhynchia
Subtaxa: Orbirhynchia bella Orbirhynchia boussensis Orbirhynchia compta Orbirhynchia cuvieri Orbirhynchia dispansa Orbirhynchia extensa Orbirhynchia granum Orbirhynchia heberti Orbirhynchia mantelliana Orbirhynchia multicostata Orbirhynchia obscura Orbirhynchia orbignyi Orbirhynchia oweni Orbirhynchia parkinsoni Orbirhynchia parva Orbirhynchia pisiformis Orbirhynchia praedispansa Orbirhynchia reedensis Orbirhynchia wiesti Orbirhynchia wilmingtonensis
Type: Orbirhynchia orbignyi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Austria (3), China (1), France (2), Germany (14), Italy (1), New Zealand (4), Poland (3), Serbia (1), Spain (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (94)
Total: 127 collections including 152 occurrences
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