Rugitela rugosa Owen 1965 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Full reference: E. F. Owen. 1965. Some Lower Cretaceous Terebratelloidea. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 11(2):49-72

Belongs to Rugitela according to E. F. Owen 1965

Sister taxa: Rugitela cadomensis, Rugitela emarginata, Rugitela hippopus, Rugitela plicata, Rugitela roemeri, Rugitela rotunda, Rugitela subbucculenta, Russiella luna, Russiella clemenci, Russiella subpentagonalis, Russiella eichwaldi, Russiella pavlovi, Russiella royeriana, Russiella truncata, Russiella volgensis, Russiella choroschovensis, Russiella bullata, Russiella karabikhaensis

Type specimen: BMNH B.6734. Its type locality is Tealby, lower Claxby Ironstone Formation, Lincolnshire, which is in a Valanginian shoreface ironstone in the Claxby Ironstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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